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Advancing
a just society

UCLA’s Disability Studies Inclusion Labs bring together diverse networks of people to reframe our cultural norms, societal practices, and institutional policies around disability

Interactive activities, workshops, seminars, and conferences facilitate new thinking

Inclusion Labs, nested in the UCLA Disability Studies Interdepartmental Degree Program (IDP), create spaces for scholars, community members, researchers, educators, policymakers, practitioners, and activists to explore disability as a social, political, and cultural identity. The Labs put disability culture front and center and work to understand and eliminate the ways persons with disabilities are marginalized by ableism, discrimination, and prejudice.
Illustration for the Inclusion Labs website, a group of racially and gender-diverse people are positioned in a series of squares. These boxes are not closed, but open, allowing the individuals to reach out, and across, interacting with each other.

In her illustrations for this website, artist Janice Chang has represented the complexities and nuances of disability as a kaleidoscope of connection and inclusion. Explore all of the illustrations.

Redefining normal, reshaping our world

Benjamin Lewis, Lecturer in ASL at UCLA, stands in front of a blue background and smiles.

Check out a video welcome from Benjamin Lewis, UCLA Lecturer in American Sign Language, Deaf History, and Culture to learn how the Inclusion Labs are cultivating creativity, sparking critical thinking, and fostering accessible practices.

  • In her illustrations for this website, artist Janice Chang has represented the complexities and nuances of disability as a kaleidoscope of connection and inclusion. Explore all of the illustrations.

  • Redefining normal, reshaping our world

    Check out a video welcome from Benjamin Lewis, UCLA Lecturer in American Sign Language, Deaf History, and Culture to learn how the Inclusion Labs are cultivating creativity, sparking critical thinking, and fostering accessible practices.

Recent News & Accomplishments

Explore our recent and upcoming events

Inclusion Labs host public events, such as performances, panel discussions and film screenings that are designed to challenge the status quo, spark conversation, and catalyze actionable change.