Disability and Accessibility Groups & Resources
Groups
Alliance Against Ableism
https://blogs.umass.edu/allagainstableism/
UMass Students, Staff, Faculty and Community Members
The Alliance Against Ableism(AAA) aims to:
Have conversations around disability identity and inclusion and discuss its intersection with other identities.
Address ableism and barriers to inclusion and equality on campus and within the community.
Incorporate disability into larger systemic conversations and help create a campus built for all people.
Engage in programmatic and educational opportunities surrounding disability on campus and within the community.
Meets weekly, on Zoom, Fall 2022 Tuesdays, 4pm, email samm.delorey@umass.edu for Zoom link.
Autism Support Group
Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Disability Cultural Club
https://umassamherst.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/dcc
The Disability Culture Club was founded to spread disability culture and disability history throughout the UMass community. We aim to promote awareness of what "disability" means as a lived experience, as a social identity, and as a vibrant group with a shared heritage. Most of all, we aim to support our members and the disability community as a whole through fun activities and social events. To anyone who comes to us, we want to say: you are not alone!
Karuth Silver Disability Cultural Center
https://sites.google.com/umass.edu/disability-cultural-center/home
The Karuth Silver Cultural Center brings to light disabled perspectives on disability justice, education, and liberation through the hosting of events, dissemination and organization of resources, and advocacy for systemic change. We aim to create a justice oriented and supportive campus community for disabled people and allies where our voices are heard and our oppression recognized.
Allyship Disability Training
The Boltwood Project
UMass Students
http://www.umass.edu/cesl/programs/boltwood-project
The Boltwood Project is a student-run civic engagement and leadership program designed to provide enrichment, recreation, and socialization for adults and children of intellectual or physical diverse ability.
UMAIDA (UMass Allies for Illness and Disability Access Network)
UMass Faculty and Staff
https://www.umass.edu/diversity/umaida
Promoting a supportive network and work environment that is inclusive and accessible for all individuals with lived experience of disability, deafness, illness (chronic and mental), injury, neurodiversity and their allies.
Meets every other week remotely on Zoom.
umaida@groups.umass.edu
Resources
Assistive Technologies Center
UMass Faculty, Staff and Students
https://www.umass.edu/it/assistive
The Assistive Technology Center (ATC), located on the Lower Level of the W.E.B. DuBois Library in the Learning Commons, offers instruction, training, and support for assistive technology tools to any member of the University community. The ATC provides a workspace and access to specialized software, equipment, and tools for individuals with an ADA-defined disability.
Brown Bag Lunches
Disability Services
UMass Students
Office of Equity and Inclusion
UMass Faculty, Staff and Students
Workplace Accommodation Office
UMass Faculty and Staff
Community Resources
The Achieve Collective
https://www.achievecollective.org/
We are a collection of professionals dedicated to providing inclusive recreation opportunities for children, adolescents, and adults of all abilities.
CHD (Center for Human Development) Barrier-Free Recreation
Community Members
All In programs in Western Massachusetts include:
Sled hockey
Cycling
Fishing
Adaptive CrossFit
Rock climbing
Basketball
Hip-hop dance
Water skiing
Social outings
Martial arts
Swimming
Tap
Stavros
Our mission at Stavros is to help persons with disabilities and Deaf people develop the tools and skills they need to take charge of their own lives. We accomplish this through programs and services designed to meet the needs of persons of any age or disability as they work to achieve the life goals that are important to them.