Disability Resources

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Disability Resources

The goal of this board is to provide a repository of resources to and for the disability community at Stanford & beyond, in order to provide greater accessibility to our disabled community members.

If you'd like to see a resource here, email us.

Welcome to the DSF Disability Resources Page!

Looking for our Video Library? It's finally here!

There are also short video clips, by folks with lived experiences, in most of the disability sections below.

Overhead shot of six disabled people of color at a rooftop deck party. An Indigenous Two-Spirit person with a prosthetic leg smiles directly at the camera and gives a thumbs up while everyone else is engaged in conversation. Photo credit: Disabled and Here project

Asking for Accommodations

Employee Workplace Accommodation Request Form

A to Z list of Disabilities, Accommodations, Limitations & Work-Related Functions
Service & Support Animals at Stanford
Job Accommodation Network
Diversity & Access: Workplace Accommodations

The Diversity & Access Office is also the place to have hypothetical conversations about how to handle requests for accommodations and/or issues you're having with your requests.

A lecture hall on campus. Live captioning is being projected onto the overhead screens and ASL interpreters can be seen.

Resources for Event Planners

Diversity & Access: Event Planning
Accessible and Inclusive Event Programming
Land Acknowledgement Statement - Captioned
Create More Inclusive Digital Content
Digital Inclusion Checklist
How Can I Create A Poster That Is Accessible To People With Disabilities?

Pablo Guarneros and Maria Jose Lozano Palacio chat with Matilda Griffiths of Leek, UK during the student lunch on Meyer Green.

Other Disability Communities at Stanford

Stanford Disability Groups for Students
Stanford Disability Alliance's Facebook Page
Stanford Disability Alliance's Instagram
Stanford Disability Community's Instagram
Slack Channel for #equality-equity-justice-resources
Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition (SMAC)
Disability Alliance Slack Channel https://disability-alliance.slack.com/archives/C2EE9458V

Alumnus Henry Evans, MBA '91, in wheelchair, with his wife Jane Evans, who holds a letterboard he uses to communicate

Mobility & Physical Impairments

including Dyspraxia, Amputation & Prosthetic Users, Paralysis, Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Arthritis, Spinal Cord Injury

Wheel Chair Rental

Military veteran Rachael Nicol, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Stanford, lives in Escondido Village with her rescue pug, Vader.

Invisible Disabilities

including Executive Function Issues, Diabetes, Chronic Migraine, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Chronic Fatigue, Sensory and Auditory Processing Disorders

Invisible Disability Project
This Is Me (Video Series)
Unseen Zine
Stanford Division of Pain Medicine
Pain Science Lecture Series

Claire Howlett, BS ’18, right, works with her mentor, George Wang, PhD ’09

Neurodiversity & Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

including Autism, ADD/ADHD, Tourette Syndrome

Neurodiversity Awareness Brown Bag Lunch Sessions - Earn a BeWell Berry for attending! Register here
Stanford's Neurodiversity in IT
Stanford's Neurodiversity Project

At Multicultural Springfest, 35th-anniversary honoree Cathy Haas signs thank you to John Hennessy.

Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Wavello - Video Calls With Signing Interpreters
Streamtext - Real time captioning
National Association of the Deaf
Great list of resources for providing accommodations
Assistive Technology at Stanford - contact the D&A Office
California Hands & Voices
Hearing Loss Association of America

Susan Krieger, alum, and her guide dog. Krieger is blind.

Vision Impairments

California Deafblind Services
JAWS (Job Accessibility With Speech) Screen Reader
Braille Keyboard Overlays
National Federation for the Blind
Good Maps

Patricia Chen is lead author on a paper that shows that a psychological intervention encouraging students to use available study resources in a strategic way made them more likely to perform better in class.

Psychological or Mood Disabilities

Including Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder

Meru Health - Free to benefits-eligible employees
Faculty Staff Help Center - Free short-term counseling