Campus Clubs and Organizations for Students
National Organizations with Campus-Based Groups
Below is a list of campus-based groups related to disability, Deaf culture, ASL, and related topics. We include student organizations, clubs, and cultural centers. These groups are not affiliated with DREAM unless otherwise indicated.
For chapters of the following organizations, please visit their web pages:
If your club/organization/fraternity/sorority is not listed, please contact us with the name of the college/university, organization name, state, and web address and we will be happy to add you to the list! Please note that we will not post chapters of any charities or groups where people with disabilities are not actively involved in the work of the organization. Counseling and support groups are also not listed here, but check your campus counseling or health services office for information.
For chapters of the following organizations, please visit their web pages:
- Active Minds (mental health)
- Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
- Bring Change to Mind (mental health)
- College Diabetes Network
- Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society
- Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring (DREAM)
- Eye-to-Eye (links college students with ADHD/LD to middle school students)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) Intercollegiate Leagues
- Project Heal (for eating disorders)
- Project LETS (mental health)
- Proud2BeMe on Campus (for positive body image and eating disorder issues)
- Students with Diabetes
- Student Veterans of America (not specifically focused on disability, but has many disability initiatives for Wounded Warriors)
If your club/organization/fraternity/sorority is not listed, please contact us with the name of the college/university, organization name, state, and web address and we will be happy to add you to the list! Please note that we will not post chapters of any charities or groups where people with disabilities are not actively involved in the work of the organization. Counseling and support groups are also not listed here, but check your campus counseling or health services office for information.
Campus Clubs & Organizations (Disability Cultural Centers are Marked)
Arizona State University (AZ)
Arizona State University - West Campus (AZ)
Azusa Pacific University (CA)
Ball State University (IN)
Beloit College (WI)
Berkeley City College (CA)
Boston College (MA)
Bristol Community College (MA)
Buffalo State College (NY)
Capital University (OH)
Chapman University (CA)
Claremont Colleges: Scripps College, Pomona College, Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College (CA)
College of the Holy Cross (MA)
Cornell University (NY)
Cottey College (MO)
Davidson College (NC)
Drexel University (PA)
Duke University (NC)
Fresno City College (CA)
Georgetown University (DC)
Grove City College (PA)
Harvard College (MA)
Iowa State University (IA)
James Madison University (VA)
John Hopkins University (MD)
Joliet Junior College (IL)
Kennesaw State University (GA)
Kent State University (OH)
Kenyon College (OH)
Lord Fairfax Community College (VA)
Los Medanos College (CA)
Merrimack College (MA)
Miami University of Ohio (OH)
Michigan State University (MI)
Mills College (CA)
Molloy College (NY)
North Park University (IL)
Ohio State University (OH)
Portland State University (OR)
Providence College (RI)
Ripon College (WI)
Saint Paul College (MN)
Samford University (AL)
San Francisco State University (CA)
Santa Barbara City College (CA)
Seattle Central College (WA)
Shippensburg University (PA)
Stanford University (CA)
St. Louis University (MO)
St. John's University (NY)
Syracuse University (NY)
Texas A&M University (TX)
Tidewater Community College (VA)
Tufts University (MA)
University of Arizona (AZ)
University of California Berkeley (CA)
University of California Santa Barbara (CA)
University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL)
University of Kansas (KS)
University of Maryland - College Park (MD)
University of Massachusetts (MA)
University of Michigan - Dearborn (MI)
University of Minnesota - Duluth (MN)
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (MN)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
University of North Carolina at Asheville (NC)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (NC)
University of North Carolina at Pembroke (NC)
University of Oklahoma (OK)
University of Pittsburgh (PA)
University of San Francisco (CA)
University of Texas at Austin (TX)
University of Toledo (OH)
University of Toronto (CANADA)
University of Virginia (VA)
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (WI)
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WI)
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (WI)
University of Wisconsin - Platteville (WI)
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater (WI)
Utah State University (UT)
Vassar College (NY)
West Virginia State University (WV)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
Western Michigan University (MI)
- Autistics on Campus
orgsync.com/130042/chapter
Arizona State University - West Campus (AZ)
Azusa Pacific University (CA)
- STRONG Club
strong@apu.edu
Ball State University (IN)
- Alliance for Disability Awareness (ADA)
dsd@bsu.edu
https://www.facebook.com/ADABSU/
Beloit College (WI)
- Beloit Cross-Disability Coalition
https://www.facebook.com/disabledbeloit/
Berkeley City College (CA)
- BCC Neurodiversity Club
www.facebook.com/BCCNeurodiversityClub/
Boston College (MA)
- Council for Students with Disabilities, part of the Undergraduate Government
http://ugbc.org/csd.html
Bristol Community College (MA)
- Bristol Dream
DREAM Chapter
bdube16@bristolcc.edu (student leader)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/454776351345967/
Buffalo State College (NY)
- DREAM at Buffalo State
DREAM Chapter
bookerdl01@mail.buffalostate.edu
Capital University (OH)
- Abilities: An Alliance of Students With & Without Disabilities https://www.facebook.com/groups/280006352434003/
Chapman University (CA)
- Cross-Cultural Center (cultural center, but not disability-specific)
https://www.chapman.edu/students/life/cross-cultural-center/index.aspx
Claremont Colleges: Scripps College, Pomona College, Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College (CA)
- Disability, Illness, and Difference Alliance (DIDA)
DREAM Affiliate
www.facebook.com/ClaremontDIDA/
College of the Holy Cross (MA)
- DREAM at College of the Holy Cross
DREAM Chapter
CJGIBS21@g.holycross.edu and cekele21@g.holycross.edu
Cornell University (NY)
- Cornell Minds Matter
http://orgsync.rso.cornell.edu/org/cornellmindsmatter - Cornell Union for Disability Awareness (CUDA)
cuda@cornell.edu
https://www.facebook.com/CUDACornell/ - Deaf Awareness Project
https://www.facebook.com/cudeafawarenessproject/
Cottey College (MO)
- Self-Advocating Student Society (SASS)
DREAM Affiliate
kara.alford@student.cottey.edu
Davidson College (NC)
- Leadership, Empowerment, and Advocacy Diverse Abilities (LEAD)
DREAM Affiliate
bebleil@davidson.edu
Drexel University (PA)
Duke University (NC)
- Duke Disability Alliance
DREAM Affiliate
dukedisabilityalliance@duke.edu
https://www.facebook.com/DukeDisabilityAlliance/ - National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) at Duke University
gxw@duke.edu
https://www.facebook.com/dukenami/
Fresno City College (CA)
- DSP&S Student Leadership Club (https://www.therampageonline.com/news/2019/10/09/2523630/)
- DREAM at Furman
DREAM Chapter
maddie.gonzalez@furman.edu
Georgetown University (DC)
- Georgetown University Signs
gusigns@georgetown.edu
https://www.facebook.com/georgetown.signs
Grove City College (PA)
- Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring (DREAM) - Grove City College
DREAM Chapter
EAHabbyshaw@gcc.edu
Harvard College (MA)
- Deaf Awareness Club at Harvard
dac@pbha.org
www.facebook.com/HarvardDAC/ - Harvard College Disability Alliance
elsietellier@college.harvard.edu
www.facebook.com/Harvard.Disability.Alliance/
Iowa State University (IA)
- Alliance for Disability Awareness
www.stuorg.iastate.edu/site/ada
https://www.facebook.com/AllianceforDisabilityAwareness/
James Madison University (VA)
- Madison Disability Inclusion Group (DIG)
https://www.breezejmu.org/culture/madison-dig-strives-to-support-people-with-disabilities/article_e6352ad4-cf5c-11e9-9afa-9fb98302f53c.html
John Hopkins University (MD)
- Advocates for Disability Awareness (ADA)
Jhu.ada@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/advocatesfordisabilityawareness/
Joliet Junior College (IL)
- Disability Awareness Club
DREAM Affiliate
disabilityawarenessclubjjc@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/jjcdac/
Kennesaw State University (GA)
- ABLE (Advocacy-Boldness-Leadership-Empowerment)
able@ksuclubs.com
www.facebook.com/ksuable/
Kent State University (OH)
- Autism Connections Kent
DREAM Affiliate
autismconnectkent@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/autismconnectKS/
Kenyon College (OH)
- Illness and Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring (I DREAM)
DREAM Chapter
felle1@kenyon.edu
Lord Fairfax Community College (VA)
- Bureau of Neuro-Diversity (BOND)
rselove@lfcc.edu
Los Medanos College (CA)
- S.A.C.H.E. (Students with Abilities to Coordinate to Help Eachother)
https://lmcsache.weebly.com
https://www.instagram.com/lmcsache/
Merrimack College (MA)
- DREAM - Merrimack College
DREAM Chapter
bergs@merrimack.edu
Miami University of Ohio (OH)
- Disability Cultural Center (a disability cultural center)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYM9v1KdV_0 - Students with Disabilities Advisory Council (SDAC)
DREAM Affiliate
SDAC@MiamiOH.edu
https://muhub.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/SDAC
Michigan State University (MI)
- Adaptive SPorts Recreation Club
https://recsports.msu.edu/adaptiverec/adaptiveclub.html
Mills College (CA)
- Disability Advocacy Club
DREAM Affiliate
email: millscollegedisabilityad@gmail.com
- Advocates for Disabilities
Advocates4Disabilities@MissouriState.edu
https://www.facebook.com/Advocate4Disabilities/ - Active Minds
mullen123@live.missouristate.edu (student leader)
https://www.facebook.com/ActiveMindsMOState - Braille Bears
foley9716@live.missouristate.edu (student leader)
https://www.facebook.com/Missouri-State-Braille-Bears-168095557056402/
Molloy College (NY)
- LEAD (Leadership, Education, and Awareness for Disabilities)
leadclub@lions.molloy.edu
https://www.instagram.com/molloy_lead/
North Park University (IL)
- NPU DREAM
DREAM Chapter
jrbuhmann@northpark.edu
- American Sign Language Club
- Chronically Awesome
- Students Toward Understanding Different Abilities
- Actively Moving Forward
Ohio State University (OH)
- Abilities: An Alliance of Students With & Without Disabilities
Stallkamp.13@osu.edu (student), shuman.1@osu.edu (advisor)
https://www.facebook.com/AbilitiesStudentGroup/ - Active Minds at OSU
activemindsatosu@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/ActiveMindsOhioState/ - Aura Allies
renner.171@osu.edu (student leader), bowen.374@osu.edu (advisor) - Disability Studies Graduate Student Association
patrus.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu
https://www.facebook.com/groups/osudsgsa/ - Neurodiversity and AD/HD Club
huyett.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu (student), crawford.843@osu.edu (advisor)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/292078324482129/
Portland State University (OR)
- Disability Alliance
disabilityalliance@pdx.edu
https://disabilityalliancepdx.wordpress.com
Providence College (RI)
- B.E.L.I.E.V.E. (Be Educated, Live with Inspiration, and EValuate Equality)
https://www.thecowl.com/news/believe-in-equality-new-club-advocates-for-students-with-disabilities
Ripon College (WI)
- DREAM: Disability Rights, Education, and Activism Movement
https://www.facebook.com/DREAMRipon/
Saint Paul College (MN)
- DREAM for Students with Disabilities at Saint Paul College
DREAM Chapter
anetode@gmail.com (student leader), nee.xiong@saintpaul.edu (advisor)
Samford University (AL)
- DREAM at Samford University
DREAM Chapter
bdeavers@samford.edu (student leader), bmjohnso@samford.edu (advisor)
San Francisco State University (CA)
- Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability (disability cultural center)
http://www.longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu
pklinst@sfsu.edu
Santa Barbara City College (CA)
- SBCC ASL Club
https://www.facebook.com/groups/49995020815/ - SBCC Neurodiversity Club
www.facebook.com/groups/114105752579762/about/
Seattle Central College (WA)
- DREAM Seattle Central
DREAM Chapter
larisha.nicholson@seattlecolleges.edu (student leader), Veronica.Barrera-Kolb@seattlecolleges.edu (advisor)
Shippensburg University (PA)
- Disability Awareness Club
https://www.facebook.com/shipdac/
Stanford University (CA)
- Abilities Hub (a disability cultural center)
https://slc.stanford.edu/events/hub-office-hours-0
https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/10/24/assu-led-disabilities-week-to-culminate-in-launch-of-abilities-hub/ - Power 2 Act
stanfordpower2act@gmail.com
http://stanford.edu/group/power2act/
St. Louis University (MO)
- Allies for Inclusion: Ability Exhibit
http://www.slu.edu/x45782.xml
St. John's University (NY)
- Disability Rights Society (at the School of Law)
kathryn.caroll10@stjohns.edu
Syracuse University (NY)
- Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee (for Graduate Students)
https://bcccsyracuse.wordpress.com/ - 'Cuse ASL
https://www.facebook.com/CuseASL
- The Disability Cultural Center (a disability cultural center)
http://sudcc.syr.edu/
- Disability Law Society (at the School of Law)
http://law.syr.edu/academics/centers-institutes/disability-law-and-policy-program/disability-law-society/
- Disability Student Union (for undergraduates)
https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityStudentUnion
Texas A&M University (TX)
- Autistic Aggies
http://www.thebatt.com/news/aggies-on-the-spectrum/article_e4d59e74-98a8-11e5-bbec-5b313cb606e0.html
Tidewater Community College (VA)
Tufts University (MA)
- Coalition for Autism Support at Tufts
http://tuftsdaily.com/features/2015/02/24/casting-net-support-students-autism/
University of Arizona (AZ)
- Disability Cultural Center (a disability cultural center)
https://drc.arizona.edu/cultural-center
University of California Berkeley (CA)
- Student Coalition for Disability Rights
scdrberkeley@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/dsuatcal
University of California Santa Barbara (CA)
- Commission on Disability Equality (CODE) and the Alternative Transportation Project
http://www.as.ucsb.edu/code/
University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)
- Disability Cultural Center (a disability cultural center)
mfink3@uic.edu (director)
http://dcc.uic.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL)
- Delta Sigma Omicron (DSO) Alpha Chapter
http://www.disability.illinois.edu/campus-life/delta-sigma-omicron - Eye to Eye
uiuce2e@gmail.com - Illini Service Dogs
Illini.dogs@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/IlliniServiceDogs
University of Kansas (KS)
- AbleHawks and Allies
ku.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ablehawks
University of Maryland - College Park (MD)
- Terps for Disability Justice
terpsfordisabilityjustice@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/Terps-for-Disability-Justice-272188959951496/
University of Massachusetts (MA)
- Alliance Against Ableism
email: aaa-l@stuaf.umass.edu
Instagram at @allianceagainstableism.
University of Michigan - Dearborn (MI)
- Alliance for Disability Awareness (ADA)
www.facebook.com/Alliance4disAbilityAwareness/
University of Minnesota - Duluth (MN)
- Access for All (AFA)
http://d.umn.edu/disability-resources/students/oganizations - YOUmatter
https://twitter.com/YOUmatterUMD
https://bulldoglink.d.umn.edu/organization/youmatter
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (MN)
- Disabled Student Cultural Center (DSCC) (a disability cultural center)
dscc@umn.edu
www.facebook.com/Disabled-Student-Cultural-Center-806362536107213/ - Organization for Graduate and Professional Students with Disabilities
DREAM Affiliate
macht012@umn.edu (student leader), berberit@morris.umn.edu (advisor) - UMN ASL Club
umnaslclub@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/umnaslclub/
University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
- UNL Disability Club
http://disabilityclub.unl.edu/
University of North Carolina at Asheville (NC)
- Disability Cultural Center (a disability cultural center)
https://psychology.unca.edu/disability-cultural-center
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (NC)
- Advocacy (for) Access, Action, Adaption
DREAM Affiliate
www.facebook.com/advocatesforaction19/
https://www.instagram.com/uncg_advocacy_4_action/
University of North Carolina at Pembroke (NC)
- Delta Sigma Omicron (DSO) Zeta Chapter
http://deltasigmaomicron.webs.com/
University of Oklahoma (OK)
- Disability Inclusion and Awareness
(No contact information available _- Contact the Disability Resource Center at http://www.ou.edu/content/drc.html for more information) - Our Mental Health
(No contact information available)
University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- Students for Disability Advocacy
http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/disability/
University of San Francisco (CA)
- The Association of Law Students for Disability Rights
http://usfsdsrep.blogspot.com/
University of Texas at Austin (TX)
- Disability Advocacy Student Coalition
dascatut@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/116905971748511/ - Texas Neurodiversity
neuropsychophysics@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1132009893480623/
University of Toledo (OH)
- Disability Studies Organization
(No contact information available)
University of Toronto (CANADA)
- Students for Barrier-Free Access (SBA)
http://uoftsba.com/
University of Virginia (VA)
- Chronically Ill and Disabled Cavaliers
https://atuva.student.virginia.edu/organization/cidc
- ASUW Student Disability Commission
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=478492070556&ref=search - The D Center (a disability cultural center)
https://depts.washington.edu/safcom/programs/dcenter/
- Disability Advocacy Student Alliance
http://www.weebly.com/weebly/www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201052533
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse (WI)
- DREAM-UWL
DREAM Chapter
smith.sarah@uwlax.edu
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WI)
- Project HEAL (for eating disorders)
https://www.facebook.com/projecthealmadison/
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (WI)
- DREAM
DREAM Chapter
willi632@uwm.edu (student leader)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DREAMatUWM
University of Wisconsin - Platteville (WI)
- DEAL - Disability, Education, Awareness and Leadership
DREAM Affiliate
www.uwplatt.edu/student-support/deal-disability-education-awareness-leadership
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater (WI)
- Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring (DREAM) UWW
DREAM Chapter
https://www.facebook.com/Dreamuww/
Utah State University (UT)
- B.L.E.U.: Believing, Learning, Educating, Uniting
DREAM Affiliate
email: bleu.usu@gmail.com
Vassar College (NY)
- Disability Rights Coalition
https://www.facebook.com/disabilityrightscoalitionVC/
West Virginia State University (WV)
- Student Access Advocates (SDD)
DREAM Affiliate
sar@wvstateu.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA)
- ACCESS (Awareness, Community, Collaboration, Empowerment, Support and Success)
https://www.facebook.com/accesswpi/
Western Michigan University (MI)
- American Sign Language Club
https://wmich.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ASL
- Disability Empowerment for Yale (DEFY)
https://www.facebook.com/YaleDEFY/ - Mind Matters
www.facebook.com/yalemindmatters/
yalemindmatters@gmail.com