History of the SDC

The Student Disability Commission (previously known as the Disabled Student Commission) was established in 1974 by a student group called the UW Disability Student Association.

 

For twenty years, the commission advocated for disability issues on campus until it disbanded itself in 1994 due to lack of student involvement and feelings of alienation from the greater campus community.

 

The Commission was brought back to the ASUW (Associated Students of University Washington) in 2004, and is now called the Student Disability Commission.

 

It started out in 2004 with one part-time student employee. Now, as of 2020, there are two part-time employees and eleven interns.