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title: UMD Disability Student Communities and Resources
date: 2022-04-08T14:03:00-04:00
author: Mei Lu
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#  UMD Disability Student Communities and Resources 

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 ##  UMD Disability Student Communities and Resources 

###  Build Partnerships and Get Support 

**UMD Student Organizations**

- [Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society](http://deltaalphapihonorsociety.org/delta-alpha-pi-international-dapi-chapters/elementor-1642/): Working for an aDAPtable World
- [DICE – Disability: Identity, Culture, and Education](https://terplink.umd.edu/organization/dice): Undergraduate and graduate advocates
- [Terp Thon](https://www.terpthon.org/): Patients and families fighting pediatric illness and injury
- [UMD Graduate Assistants with Disabilities:](https://entomology.umd.edu/news/getting-the-help-you-need-accessibility-and-disability-service-at-university-of-maryland) Advocacy Group. For more information, please contact *Lasair ni Chochlain* (she/her, they/them), founder and representative, <lasair@umd.edu>
- [Queers with Disabilities](https://prideallianceumd.carrd.co/): Discussion group for those who identify as both queer and disabled

**UMD Departments and Services**

- [Accessibility &amp; Disability Service (ADS)](https://www.counseling.umd.edu/ads/): Students with a documented disability
- [Career Center &amp; the President’s Promise](https://careers.umd.edu/explore-careers/diversity-identity-support/students-with-disabilities): Students with disabilities
- [Center for Transition &amp; Career Innovation (CTCI)](https://ctci-umd.org/): Students and youth with disabilities
- [Cultural Center for Students with Disabilities](https://president.umd.edu/presidents-commission-on-disability-issues/events/other-events/umd-cultural-center-for-students-with-disabilities): Students, faculty and staff advocates
- [PCDI Student Advisory Committee (SAC)](https://www.facebook.com/UMD.PCDI.SAC): Undergraduate and graduate advocates
- [SIGNA](https://signa.umd.edu/): Neurodivergent students
- [SUCCEEDS Clinic](https://umdadhd.org/succeeds): Provides services to students with ADHD
- [TerpsEXCEED](https://www.ihehub-umd.org/terps-exceed): Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- [Trace Research &amp; Development Center (TRACE)](https://trace.umd.edu/about/): High-impact research and development in the field of technology and disability

**UMD Research**

- [UMARC](https://autism.umd.edu/) (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)](https://autism.umd.edu/cares/) Project

**UMD Courses**

*College of Education*

- [Disabilities Studies Minor](https://education.umd.edu/disability-studies-minor): Promoting the study of disability
- [Special Education (EDSP)](https://education.umd.edu/academics/departments/chse/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](https://support.google.com/groups/answer/1067205?hl=en) page.
- For assistance, please contact us at <pcdi@umd.edu>.

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

- [Maryland Today](https://today.umd.edu/5-cultural-centers-to-open-in-cole) (11/10/2021)
- [Diamondback](https://dbknews.com/2021/11/10/umd-president-darryll-pines-state-of-campus-address/) (11/10/2021)
- [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/11/university-maryland-cultural-centers/) (11/10/2021)

**More information**

- For more UMD groups, search [TerpLink](https://terplink.umd.edu/organizations).
- For more information about accessibility, check [Accessibility Hub](https://www.umd.edu/policies-and-procedures/accessibility).
- To suggest additional resources, contact <pcdi@umd.edu>.

 

 

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*Last update: Sept. 17, 2023*