Resources for students
Weekly Board Game Nights!
Join us for weekly board game nights, Sundays 5-7pm in the Learning Studio Space of the Science and Technology Library (Lederle Graduate Research Center).
Affinity/Advocacy Groups
Karuth Silver Cultural Center
Disability Community Space
UMass Amherst Disability Community Space
Disability Culture Club
The Disability Culture Club is a Registered Student Organization that seeks to promote disability culture on campus and create space for disabled community members on campus.
umassdcc@gmail.com
Meeting times: Wednesdays 7-9pm
Meeting location: Student Union Meeting Room 339 or Zoom
Alliance Against Ableism
alliance@umass.edu
Meeting times: Tuesdays 4-6pm
Meeting location: Zoom
Access UMass
Join the listserv
Email: access.umassamherst@gmail.com
UMass Allies for Illness and Disability Access
Contact cooke@geo.umass.edu to join listserv
Meeting times: every 3rd Monday
Location: Zoom
Disability Inclusive Science Campus Outreach
Disabled and neurodivergent undergrads meet weekly with graduate mentors to talk and do science. Contact: rhuber@umass.edu
College Life on the Spectrum: Support and Discussion Group
A weekly drop-in space of peers talking about their experiences, supported by co-facilitators from CCPH and Disability Services. Goodell Hall, room 327, 4:30-6:00.
Contact: Mark Sena, msena@umass.edu
Student Clubs
Autism Awareness U
Website: Autism Awareness U
Email: umassautismawareness@gmail.com
The Boltwood Project
Website: Boltwood Project
Email Deb Glennon, acting academic director: dbglennon@umass.edu
Education Club
Website: Education Club
Email: umasseducclub@gmail.com
Special Olympics
Website: Special Olympics College
Email: kjjoyner@umass.edu
Other resources
Healthy College on the Spectrum
Website: Healthy College on the Spectrum: Managing Autism as a College Student (registerednursing.org)