DEN is a student-led network building a more accessible, empowered, and connected future for people with disabilities.
[ 01 — Access ]
[ 02 — Community ]
[ 03 — Action ]
[ Explore the network ]
One student-led network. Four distinct ways to research, build, serve, and solve.
[ Four ways to move accessibility forward ]
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Question what is known.
Advance disability-focused research and connect with professors, faculty, and new ideas that push understanding forward.
Connect with professors, laboratories, and research opportunities.
Join projects, ask new questions, and gain hands-on experience.
Present research through DEN events, posters, and showcases.
Build what should exist.
Turn ideas into useful solutions through DEN’s annual hackathon, pitch competitions, entrepreneurship, and collaborative building.
Collaborate, build, and prototype at our annual hackathon.
Share ideas and compete for funding, feedback, and resources.
Learn from founders, mentors, and industry professionals.
Show up and serve.
Work directly alongside disability communities through volunteering, outreach, clinical experiences, and trusted local partnerships.
Earn hours through service, outreach, and community programs.
Empower individuals and strengthen local communities.
Gain meaningful clinical and real-world healthcare exposure.
Make access actionable.
Help organizations identify accessibility barriers and develop practical recommendations for more inclusive spaces, services, and experiences.
Evaluate accessibility in spaces, websites, and services.
Find physical, digital, and systemic barriers that create challenges.
Provide practical recommendations for real improvement.
[ Chapters ]
Our goal is to build a national network of student-led DEN chapters creating meaningful change on campuses and in communities across the country.
UPenn
Philadelphia, PA
Researchers. Builders. Volunteers. Advocates. Students who simply want to make a difference.
