Center for Disabilities Studies

As faculty learn to navigate AI tools like Chat GPT, they also consider how students with disabilities might benefit from – or be hindered by – the technology.

Only a small number of medical programs across the U.S. accept patients with Down syndrome who are 30 or older, despite increasing numbers of adults with the condition.

UD’s Jodi Hadden-Perilla, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, plans to use funding from a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study viruses, and to develop tactile software that helps students with low vision engage in computational biophysical chemistry.

In the last two fiscal years, federal judges across the political spectrum found fault with about 60% of cases that denied Social Security disability benefits.

[Commentary] Disability advocate Daniese McMullin-Powell writes that assisted suicide is most often sought by people with disabilities who fear loss of autonomy and dignity. A member of CDS’s Community Advisory Council, she calls for better care and reduced stigma surrounding disability instead. The opinions in her commentary are her own.