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D-Center:

UW's Disability/Deaf Cultural Center

The ASUW Student Disability Commission is responsible for the funding and creation of the Disability and Deaf Cultural Center (D Center) at the University of Washington. The D Center opened in 2013, the result of two years of work by activists (Dickson, 2012)

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The D Center is UW’s Disability and d/Deaf Cultural center, where students can study, organize, rest, or hang out with fellow students and other community members. Their staff includes one full-time manager, along with several other part-time student staff. 

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Their physical space is scent-free, mobility-aid friendly, has low lighting, weighted blankets, stimulation toys (fidget cubes and spinners), and they provide ASL interpretation and CART captioning for all events. Earlier this year (2020), they moved to a new location and now have an additional ‘quiet’ room.

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Cartoon drawing of Wheelchair user and person with a cane next to each other with "D-Center" text.
White dog sitting at D-Center desk
Wall art of a tree filled with words like "Power", "Deaf Pride", "The Future is Accessible", etc.

Throughout the academic year, they host several workshops and events featuring disability issues and activism for the UW community. 

Woman smiling, with text "Disability is a Asset, An evening with Haben Girma"
Woman smiling with text "Disability at the Intersections: Building Collectively towards Institutional Access"
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