Peer Resources

This page highlights the peer resources that may not be sponsored by the SAS office. SAS provides these resources due to their connection to accessibility at Yale. Please use the links listed for more information about each organization.

Yale College

  • Poorvu’s Academic Strategies Program helps students navigate the “hidden curriculum” at Yale, the invisible set of underlying assumptions and expectations about how to do well as a student. The “hidden curriculum” is implicitly embedded in Yale’s culture. By becoming aware of these implicit norms, students are empowered to take ownership over their academics and get the most out of their academic experience. Services include 1:1 mentoring, workshops, tutoring, presentation support, and writing support.
     
  • ASL@Y
  • Delta Alpha Pi: Delta Alpha Pi is an international honor society for students with disabilities. Yale formed its chapter in early 2023. Delta Alpha Pi includes students from Yale College and Graduate/Professional schools.
  • Diabetes Link: This student organization includes students from Yale College and Graduate/Professional schools
  • Disability Empowerment for Yale (DEFY): Yale’s only undergraduate cross-disability community organization that seeks to create a space that is welcoming of all disability community members in Yale College who are looking for support and community.
  • Disability Peer Mentorship Program (DPMP): DPMP pairs students with mentors of similar backgrounds. The goal is to create a sense of community and a network of support within the disabled community at Yale. DPMP works with students in Yale College and Graduate/Professional schools.
  • Peer Liaison Program: This program provides mentoring through events and initiatives to support first-year students through their transition to Yale College. (Note: For more information on SAS’s Peer Liaison Program, please visit the SAS Peer Liaison page.)
     

  • Yale Student Mental Health Association (YSMHA): The Yale Student Mental Health Association is a student organization that raises awareness about mental health issues in the Yale community and beyond. The organization includes Yale College and Graduate and Professional School students.


     

Graduate and Professional Schools