> Hand written essays are inherently ableist.
yes.
> I would be at a massive disadvantage.
yes.
...but.
how would you propose to filter out able cheaters instead? there's also in person one on one verbal exam, but economics and logistics of that are insanely unfavorable (see also - job interviews.)
Handwriting essays doesn't filter out cheaters though? It didn't even filter out cheaters before ChatGPT, before it was just a person writing the essay for you that you would copy