UMD Disability Student Communities and Resources
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UMD Disability Student Communities and Resources
UMD Disability Student Communities and Resources
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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 Graduate Assistants with Disabilities: Advocacy Group. For more information, please contact Lasair ni Chochlain (she/her, they/them), founder and representative, lasair@umd.edu
- Queers with Disabilities: Discussion group for those who identify as both queer and disabled
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
- Maryland Today (11/10/2021)
- Diamondback (11/10/2021)
- Washington Post (11/10/2021)
More information
- For more UMD groups, search TerpLink.
- For more information about accessibility, check Accessibility Hub.
- To suggest additional resources, contact pcdi@umd.edu.
Last update: Sept. 17, 2023