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DNDSU: Disability and Neurodivergent Student Union
In remembrance of Alice Wong, who passed away on November 14th 2025, a strong advocate for disability rights:
“To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures.…It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.” Augmentative and Alternative Communication: How Becoming a User Changed My Relationships.
Resources
2025 Disability & Diversity Calendar
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Anti-Ableism - Anti-Oppression - LibGuides at Simmons University
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
Autistic Women and Non-binary Network (AWN)
National Council on Independent Living
Access Pass - Accessibility (U.S. National Park Service)
Black Women's Health Imperative: Welcome to BWHI!
Age 18prepare for becoming an adult
Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
National Association for Councils on Developmental Disabilities
Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities
National Disability Rights Network
U of O AccessABILITY Student Union
U of O Neurodiversity Alliance
U of O Accessible Education Center
U of O Center on Human Development (CHD) Community Advocacy Council (CAC)
Health Care for All Oregon (universal healthcare)
Aging and Disability Resource Connection of Oregon
Oregon State Independent Living Council
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Oregon
Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon
S.933 - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
Planning Accessible Events (UO AEC)
Scholarships and Tax Deductible Savings Plans:
National Center for Learning Disabilities Scholarships
UofO Accessible Education Center Scholarships Page
OSU Disability Access Services Scholarships Page
Oregon Student Aid Resources for persons with disabilities
AAPD Education and Scholarships Resources
The Washington Center — Provides a total of 50 competitive scholarship awards for students with disabilities interested in working in the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of the federal government.
Recommended Books, Articles and Videos:
Ableism/Language - Autistic Hoya a list of ableist terms, explanations, and alternative words to use in place of each term. Authored by Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown
Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong or Disability visibility : 17 first-person stories for today : adapted for young adults edited by Alice Wong
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
Listen, a film created by CommunicationFIRST
Nyle DiMarco & Chella Man Teach Us Queer Sign Language | them
ASL and Deaf Culture YouTube channel @kingRon94
Crip Camp, a documentary about the Disability Rights Movement, more information on the film’s website
Things about Quadriplegics: Learning to Fly Without Wings (Cosas de tetras: Aprendiendo a volar sin alas) by Alan El Ruedas
Black Disability Politics by Schalk, Sami
A Disability History of the United States by Nielsen, Kim E.
Owning It Our Disabled Childhoods In Our Own Words edited by Jen Campbell, James Catchpole and Lucy Catchpole ; illustrated by Sophie Kamlish ; stories from Ali Abbas, Polly Atkin, Imani Barbarin, Jen Campbell, James Catchpole, Christa Couture, Carly Findlay, M. Leona Godin, Eugene Grant, Jan Grue, Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, Ilya Kaminsky, Sora J. Kasuga, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, Elle McNicoll, Daniel Sluman, Nina Tame, Rebekah Taussig, Steven Verdile, Alex Wegman, Ashley Harris Whaley and Kendra Winchester.
No Pity People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph P. Shapiro
Autistic and Black by Kala Allen Omeiza
Being Heumann by Judith Heumann or Rolling warrior : the incredible, sometimes awkward, true story of a rebel girl on wheels who helped spark a revolution by Judith Heumann
Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
Demystifying Disability by Ladau, Emily
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price
We’re Not Broken by Eric Garcia
The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide by Siena Castellon
All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism Edited by Lydia X. Z. Brown, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, E. Ashkenazy
The disability experience : working toward belonging by Leavitt, Hannalora
Decarcerating Disability by Liat Ben-Moshe
Autisme Handicap Et Pont (Autism, Disability, and the Bridge)
Disability pride : dispatches from a post-ADA world by Ben Mattlin
Career Resources:
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) — Free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the employability of people with disabilities
Incight — Headquartered in Portland this organization provides information on scholarships, internships, jobs, and eMentoring as well as other information relevant to people with disabilities.
Federal Jobs Net — Information and employment opportunities within the federal government for people with disabilities.
Disability Equity Index: 2022 Best Places to Work — Most comprehensive benchmarking tool for disability inclusion at top companies
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Summer Internship program — geared toward developing innovative leaders that will further the causes of the disability community.
What Can You Do? The Campaign for Disability Employment — Resources for Job Seekers
Employer Assistance and Resource Network for Disability Inclusion (EARN) — Neurodiversity Hiring Initiatives and Partnerships
Oregon Department of Human Services: Vocational Rehabilitation Services — VR helps people with disabilities find and keep a job, and helps businesses with inclusive hiring support.
Workforce Recruitment Program — A federal recruitment and referral program that connects federal and private-sector employers nationwide with highly motivated college students and recent graduates with disabilities who are eager to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through summer or permanent jobs.
Other Resources:
Embrace Autism Quizzes (self-identifying Autism and AUDHD free online quizzes)
Keep in mind, this website is an informal resource, it does not formally diagnose, and does not give formal medical or legal advice, and is not affiliated with 4J School District. Many Autistic and AUDHD individuals feel that this quiz site has better designed assessments and feels more accurate to each individual than standard formal assessments but it is essential to clarify that you cannot gain any formal or legal diagnosis or status via the online assessments at this website. Treat it as a fun activity, entertainment, or a self-care for personal validation.