This story is part of Learning Curve , a HuffPost Canada series that explores the challenges and opportunities for students, faculty and post-secondary institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

When universities moved online in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic , it marked the advancement of something students with disabilities have been requesting for years: more accommodations and support.

Third-year York University computer science student Arnab Hossain has Crohns disease, an inflammatory bowel disease that can cause severe abdominal pain. He said once or twice a week he usually arrives to class late or has to leave in the middle of a lecture because of the pain. When his winter courses moved online, he was able to watch lectures from his bed, where he was more comfortable.

This pandemic has really showed some universities are capable, technologically capable, to run courses online and in person, he told HuffPost Canada. I think this is going to open up a lot of doors.