Stanford Disability Organizations

Disability-Related Student Organizations at Stanford University

Below are active student groups at Stanford University that advocate for disability rights for the campus disability community. These groups raise awareness, host events and create a safe space and open dialogue about disability within the Stanford community.

Advocacy Focused:

• The Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) advocates on behalf of Stanford students on issues such as cost of living, diversity, student life and activities space.  
• The Stanford Disability Alliance, formerly known as Power2Act, is a community of students with and without disabilities advocating for disability issues on campus.
• SenseConnect advocates for, and engages in research centered around Deafness/hearing loss at Stanford.
• The Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity is composed of physicians, medical educators, learners, and Stanford Hospital employees with disabilities and their allies.
• Disability and Mental Health Network at Stanford (DAMNS) provide resources and peer support for coping with medical issues and receiving appropriate accommodations, to connect students with mentoring and other opportunities within the greater disability community and to raise awareness of disability issues among all Stanford Law School (SLS) students.
• Graduate Coalition for Disability and Chronic/Mental Illness (GCDI) advocates, supports, and empowers graduate students in the Biosciences with Disability and/or chronic/mental illness. 

Community Focused:

• Kids with Dreams is a service organization serving youth with disabilities in the wider community.
• The Stanford Disability Alliance, formerly known as Power2Act, is a community of students with and without disabilities advocating for disability issues on campus.
• Stanford Disability Organization Empowering Students (S-DOES) is a student group with focus in community, storytelling, and resource-sharing.
• Medical Students with Disabilities and Chronic Illness (MSDCI) provides support and platform for advocacy for medical students with disabilities and chronic illness.
• Disability Community Space (DisCo)  is physical space dedicated to nurture and empower Stanford's disability community. They are located on the first floor at 563 Salvatierra Walk. For more email updates on the DisCo Space, subscribe to their listserv: disability-space@lists.stanford.edu

Access Focused:

• The Disability Studies Committee works to further scholarly research concerning disability issues, and organizes an annual conference.
• The Stanford Disability Initiative aims to increase visibility of disability at Stanford and to provide a guiding framework so that the university is proactive, accessible, and inclusive.
• The Stanford Neurodiversity Project provides comprehensive support to students with a variety of neurodiverse conditions.

To find more information about these organizations, please visit the see the Stanford Disability Initiative's Student Groups page.