Black, Disabled, and Proud:
​College Students with Disabilities

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • For Students
    • For High School Students
    • For Current College Students
    • For Parents & Family
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Resources
    • Disability 101
    • Examples of Black Disabled College Grads
    • Problems with Disability Services
    • HBCU Disability Services
    • Tip Sheets
    • Posters
  • For Faculty and Staff
    • Webinars for Disability Services
    • Readings on Race & Disability
  • Privacy Policy

Disability 101: Learn about Your Communities

These are some resources to learn about disability.  Be sure to also see our list of disability organizations for more information, assistance, or to set up campus chapters of national groups.  We also have a page on this site about Black Lives Matter.
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Virtual Museum Exhibit of
​African American Disability History

from the Museum of disABILITY History
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Stigmatized: Black Mental Health and Faith
Talk about how Black churches and clergy deal with mental health and how that should change.
Disability Culture Rap
Can disability be a culture or identity?  This video explores that topic (in two parts)
Learn about the
Social Model of Disability

- a new way to look at your disability and barriers you face
​Universal Design for Learning
helps teachers in K-12 or college teach diverse students, going beyond accommodations that only help individuals instead of the whole class.
Deaf Culture and ASL
Deaf people explain about the deaf community, Deaf culture and ASL in the movie "Through Deaf Eyes"

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​14 Black Disabled Women Who Made an Impact in Life and Self-Love
Learn about 14 Black women with disabilities who changed our lives with their lasting work - many are also profiled on our page of Black disabled college grads.
​"If You're Not White, It's Harder to Get Mental Health Care"
Learn about different reasons it's harder to access mental health care if you're not White, and how to go ahead and get support.
Kate Gainer
What's it like to be an African American woman with a disability?  Kate Gainer talks about her experiences
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​Black Women on Wheels
is a two-part series exploring life as a Black woman using a wheelchair
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Yashi Brown Video in HuffPost
A video of Yashi Brown talking about her biplor and how it has positively affected her creativity and poetry.

"Welcome to the National Black Disability Coalition"
This video explains why the NBDC is needed and you'll meet a few of its staff and board members
Invisible Disabilities and
​Postsecondary Education

Watch to learn more about the experiences of college students with less visible disabilities
Funding for this website was provided by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE),
​U.S. Department of Education (Grant #PB116B100141). 

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Images on website courtesy of Bigstock.  Home page image courtesy Syracuse University and DREAM.  Posters created by Kelsey Duncan.

All pages copyright 2016 the HBCU Disability Consortium and AHEAD.  Permission is given to use content for educational purposes, with acknowledgement.
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