Despite the pandemic presenting a myriad of challenges and difficulties, many innovative practices, processes and actions have been developed to address the extraordinary circumstances. This unprecedented crisis has inadvertently demonstrated the flexibility and capability of much of the sector that can be harnessed to improve the experiences of students with disabilities in future learning.

Our research, and other literature in the sector, posits that many of the teaching and learning practices that were and are a corollary of Covid-19, could potentially inform a more effective long term higher education experience, in both academic and extracurricular activities (AHEAD, 2020, 2021; HEA, 2021; IUA, 2021).