UMD Disability Student Communities and Resources

UMD Student Organizations

Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society: Working for an aDAPtable World
DICE – Disability: Identity, Culture, and Education: Undergraduate and graduate advocates
Terp Thon: Patients and families fighting pediatric illness and injury

UMD Departments and Services

Accessibility & Disability Service (ADS): Students with a documented disability
Career Center & the President’s Promise: Students with disabilities
Center for Transition & Career Innovation (CTCI): Students and youth with disabilities
Cultural Center for Students with Disabilities: Students, faculty and staff advocates
PCDI Student Advisory Committee (SAC): Undergraduate and graduate advocates
SIGNA: Neurodivergent students
SUCCEEDS Clinic: Provides services to students with ADHD
TerpsEXCEED: Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Trace Research & Development Center (TRACE): High-impact research and development in the field of technology and disability

UMD Research

UMARC (UMD Autism Research Consortium): Examines the social, cognitive, linguistic, and neural underpinnings of autism. Check their UMD Commitment to Community-Engaged Autism Research and Equitable Services (CARES) Project

UMD Courses

College of Education

Disabilities Studies Minor: Promoting the study of disability
Special Education (EDSP): Preparing teachers, researchers, leaders in the field of special education

UMD-Disability Community

Join the community by subscribing to the UMD-Disability@umd.edu Google Group.

Instructions on how to join the group are available on the Google Groups Help page.
For assistance, please contact us at pcdi@umd.edu.

Stay tuned for the development of the Cultural Center for Students with Disabilities

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Last update: Mar 24, 2022