04/09/2025The Disability Cultural Center’s Crip Coffee Break is a chill and comfy space to meet people and take a break. Come as you are! We’ll put on a pot of coffee and will have snacks as well as tea and hot chocolate. Different meetings have different ways for us to hang out together, but we’ll let the conversation be guided by what’s going on in our lives or what’s on our minds. This is an intentional space for people with disabilities (and people thinking through their relationship to disability identity) to build community. Come and make a friendship bracelet.We define disability and disability experience broadly to include any kind of body or mind that doesn’t fit into cultural norms about what a body/mind should be and do. This can include physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, psychological disabilities and/or mental health conditions, traumatic brain injury, chronic illness or chronic pain. It can include Crohn’s disease, dyslexia or neurodivergence. And we welcome those in our community who think they may have a disability but aren’t sure. Whether you have an official diagnosis or not, this space is yours.We ask that nondisabled people respect that this is an intentional space for disabled people to build community with one another.UIC does not require masking, but we are still masking in our spaces as an accessibility measure for chronically ill/immunocompromised people and those living interdependently with them. Please wear a mask! We’ll have extras on hand. People may be sipping/eating and then replacing their masks. Zoom is another option.The Disability Cultural Center is located on the second floor, which is accessible by elevator. We use fragrance-free products in our space. To maintain a low-fragrance environment, please refrain from wearing scents to our events. Let us know about any other access requests at dcc@uic.edu or 312-355-7050.Join Zoom meeting.Meeting ID: 871 5466 0022Passcode: V94zKhvp