Syracuse University Presents: Disability Pride Month 2025

At Syracuse University, we’re proud to celebrate disability culture and identity as a part of the diversity that makes our community so vibrant. This year’s first annual Disability Pride Month follows three years of celebrating Disability Pride Week and shares the spirit of Disability Pride all across campus. 

Disability Pride is an attitude and a movement that challenges the idea of disability as inherently negative or shameful, and instead promotes disability as a natural part of human diversity worth taking pride in. While Disability Pride Month is celebrated internationally in July, the University dedicates April to Disability Pride before the conclusion of the semester.

Disability Pride Month is coordinated by the Disability Cultural Center and the Disability Events Planning Committee, with representation from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), Center for Disability Resources (CDR), InclusiveU, Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI), the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach (OIPO) in the Burton Blatt Institute, and more. Students, staff and faculty members have contributed to Disability Pride Month’s development, and everyone from the campus community is invited to participate in this year’s exciting lineup of events.

Stop by Bird Library to browse a curated list of available books on topics around disability. The main display will feature selections for Disability Pride Month. 

Disability Pride Month Events

• March 27: Mindscapes and Mad Methods with Chanika Svetvilas
• April 1: NeurodiversiTEA
• April 1: Disability Pride Month Kickoff: Crip Camp Screening 
• April 1: Inclusive Sled Hockey: Tennity Ice Pavilion
• April 2: Tabling in Schine 
• April 4: ODI Lunch and Learn: Centering the Intersectionality of Cultural Identities in Student Engagement: The Intercultural Collective at Syracuse University
• April 4: DCC Connect x Creative Community x Syracuse Cultural Workers, Art as Activism
• April 5: OrangeAbility: Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, Barnes Main Gym
• April 8: NeurodiversiTEA
• April 8: ODI Alum in Residence: Public Discussion “Universal Design, Restorative Justice and Campus Codes of Conduct” 
• April 8: Out of My Mind screening and talk with Production Designer, Michael Fitzgerald 
• April 8: Inclusive Sled Hockey
• April 9: Tabling in Schine 
• April 10: WATERSHED: Documentary & Director’s Discussion
• April 11: Pet Therapy with InclusiveU
• April 13: OrangeAbility: Inclusive Cup Sled Hockey Tournament
• April 14: Empowerment through Pleasure, DCC x LGBTQ+ Resource Center, Barnes Health Promotion, and Title IX
• April 15: Panel and Luncheon hosted by DCC, Student Bar Association, Disability Law Society, and Women’s Law Student Association
• April 15: NeurodiversiTEA
• April 15: Inclusive Sled Hockey

• April 16: Tabling in Schine 
• April 17: E-Sports with Peer2Peer
• April 17: Mad Scholars: Reclaiming and Reimagining the Neurodiverse Academy: A book talk with editors Melanie Jones and Shayda Kafai
• April 18: DCC Connect
• April 18: Orange After Dark Best Buddies Friendship Ball 10pm-12am Schine Underground
• April 22: First-Generation Students x DCC: What Does It Mean To Be Disabled and First Generation
• April 22: NeurodiversiTEA
• April 22: Planting Seeds and Painting Stories: BIPOC Student Success x DCC Pot Painting Mixer
• April 22: Inclusive Sled Hockey

• April 23: Tabling in Schine 
• April 25: Pet Therapy with Peer2Peer
• April 26: OrangeAbility: Wheelchair Lacrosse
• April 29: NeurodiversiTEA
• April 29: Inclusive Sled Hockey

• April 30: Tabling in Schine 
• May 3: Disability Community (DisCo) Graduation