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Support and Discussion Groups
Join the Disability Studies and Action Collaborative and the ICDS for topical discussion and support groups created by and for disabled people. We meet during the academic year (Fall, Winter, and Spring). Learn more about the Disability Justice Collaborative and the Disability Pedagogy Group and find instructions on how to join here (link). Our Fall 2025 meetings will be posted soon!
ICDS Community Office Hours
Meet with the ICDS GTAs, faculty, and co-directors at their virtual ICDS Community Office Hours
Office Hours:
Co-Directors
- GIM (co-director)
- Thursdays 4:00 – 4:45 in AH 456
- Fridays 12:30 – 1:00 via Zoom ID 360 650 7576 (use password ‘meeting’)
- and Mondays and Tuesdays by appointment
- Kristen Chmielewski (co-director)
ICDS Student Advisory Council
- ICDS Student Advisory Council meeting: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month
- 6:00 – 7:00 pm in IS 242 (Contact: wwu.icds.sac@gmail.com)
- Fall 2025 Meetings: 10/01 (Welcome), 10/15 (Structured Vent Session), 11/05 (CDS Minor Info Session), 11/19 (Movie Night)
Faculty teaching DISA courses
- Daman Wandke (DISA 330)
- Kristen Chmielewski (DISA 330)
- Pam Kuntz (DISA 350)
- Office hours are by appointment. Email Pam.Kuntz@wwu.edu to schedule
- Kyann Flint (DISA 330)
- Office hours: Tuesdays 12:00 in AH 456
- Andrew Lucchesi (co-director)
- Office hours: TBD
Graduate Assistants
- TBD
- TBD in AH 456
- TBD via Zoom
Resources for WWU Students
ICDS Student Advisory Council
The WWU Student Advisory Council (SAC) is an independent student-run committee within the Institute for Critical Disability Studies comprised of undergraduate and graduate students at WWU. Their mission is to create a safe and supportive space for disabled student and allies to foster a growing community of inclusion, accessibility, and disability culture, and to ensure that disabled students are represented and included at all levels of the Institute’s operations.
In order to better represent the needs and priorities of the disabled student community, the Student Advisory Council meets for discussion regularly during the academic year and provides recommendations for the ICDS at their regular meetings. In Fall 2025, they are meeting on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, at 6:00 pm in IS 242, and also stay in touch via Discord.
Questions? You can reach out to the current ICDS SAC leadership team at: wwu.icds.sac@gmail.com or reach the Co-Presidents directly by email.
WWU Clubs
Are you part of a club that centers disability, neurodiversity, mental health, and/or chronic illness? Tell us about it! We’d like to know more about your group, and would also like to share your group’s information on this Resources page, if you are willing.
WWU Disability Access Center (DAC)
The WWU Disability Access Center is the official office for students requesting disability-related accommodations for their classes. The office increases access and inclusion for students by ensuring both WWU’s legal compliance with the American with Disability Act (ADA), as well as offering additional programming, outreach and professional development aimed at faculty, and self-advocacy resources.
WWU Disability Outreach Center (DOC)
The WWU Disability Outreach Center is a program of the Disability Access Center, and is a space for disabled students and allies to build community and advocate and connect folks to resources. Find the DOC in Wilson Library ground floor: WL 165. They are open M-F 12:00 – 5:00 pm, and have space to study and hang out. NEW! Meetup / Social Hour now happening every Friday at Noon!
Resources for WWU Faculty and Staff
Professional Development and Workshops from the ADEI Unit
The WWU Accessibility, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) Unit offers faculty and staff events and professional development workshops on everything from implementing accommodations to including Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in your course design. Check out Disability-related ADEI Unit workshops through the WWU Disability Access Center webpage here, or find all the upcoming WWU ADEU Unit events and updates here.
Links to Forms for current ICDS Faculty and Staff Affiliates
Need to print teaching evaluations for your DISA course? Visit this page [page under construction] for links and reference material for current ICDS-affiliated faculty engaging in teaching and committee work for the ICDS.
Community Organizations
Whatcom County & Bellingham
Whatcom Neurodivergent Collective
“The goal of the Whatcom Neurodivergent Collectiveis to build community, offer support, and provide a base for education and activism for Neurodivergent people in Whatcom County.”
You can find dates for their meetups at Inner Child Studio in downtown Bellingham through the Inner Child Studio webpage, generally the first Sunday of every month.