Equity and Inclusion Considerations in CS Education for Students Living with Mental Health and Medical Conditions

As our community seeks to make Computer Science education more accessible amidst a global mental health crisis and with many students living with chronic illnesses and other medical conditions, it becomes more and more urgent to address student health concerns in CS classes and in the spaces that we create. Despite the important and long overdue increase in the number of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives in CS, these efforts run the risk of overlooking the needs of students living with ongoing mental health and medical conditions, who are underrepresented and marginalized in our field.