These workshops will be offered at the same time as the standard workshop and count towards your completion of the program. This workshop defines gender-based violence, explains university policies, and highlights resources available on campus and in the community with a specific focus on providing a sensory-friendly learning environment and experience.
Earlier this semester, the Michigan State University Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) hosted its annual BOND Transitions Program! The event was a great success and significantly helped MSU students with autism adjust to life on campus.
The RCPD is going through a transition of our own as we warmly welcome Grace (Boyang) Tong as an ASD and Psychiatric Disability Specialist, and bid Kelsey Foote farewell as she takes on a new adventure in the field.
Following the missions of the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, the BOND program maximizes ability and opportunity for students on the autism spectrum.
Since it began in 2010, the BOND program has allowed students with Autism Spectrum Disorders to meet other students, engage in a variety of activities and trips, and make important connections throughout MSU. Learn how you can join BOND today!
The recent acquisition of a large five-year grant from the Baldwin Foundation will make the BOND Program for students with autism spectrum disorders even stronger.
Senior Anthony Ianni is not only a Varsity Basketball athlete, but he is the team's biggest cheerleader and camaraderie builder. Ianni never let Autism keep him from accomplishing his dreams, and the RCPD celebrates his success.
Trips to the movies, shopping, and dinner may not sound like components of a typical college resource program; but, a new initiative at the MSU RCPD challenges norms in order to create innovative solutions for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
“It is an invisible disability,†says RCPD's Virginia Rutan, describing Autism Spectrum Disorders. At MSU, students seeking resources for ASDs have increased from 3 to 26 in the last 5 years: a testament to increasing awareness for diagnosis.
