DCC Community Lounge

DCC Community Lounge (BSB 235)

Come hang out and meet other people! The DCC Community Lounge space is a more interactive space where chatting is fine and welcome. (We also have a Quiet Space.)  

Fall 2024
Sunday
Monday 10:00am – 04:30pm The Community Lounge is open!
Tuesday 10:00am – 04:30pm The Community Lounge is open!
Wednesday 10:00am – 04:30pm The Community Lounge is open!
Thursday 10:00am – 04:30pm The Community Lounge is open!
Friday
Saturday
Fall 2024
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday 09:00am – 04:30pm Contact us at dcc@uic.edu!
Saturday

DCC Community Lounge Accessibility Features Heading link

We have a mix of furnishings: a pleather couch, a beanbag chair, fabric easy chairs, and a table.

Other accessibility features that we have in our space include:

  • Clear masks
  • Adjustable lighting
  • Memory foam orthopedic seat cushions
  • Lumbar pillows
  • Weighted blanket
  • Height-adjustable reading stand
  • Foam rollers
  • Fidget toys

Know Before You Go: Images of Our Lounge Heading link

  1. Two orange sofettes and one adjustable height desk featuring crip-themed names, including
    Image Description & Directions: Two orange sofettes and one adjustable height desk featuring crip-themed names, including "Spoonies" and "Accessible Futures." When signing in to the center, please indicate which space you are using according to its assigned name.
  2. An adjustable height desk against our front wall with a lamp.
    Image Description: An adjustable height desk (about 2 x 3 feet) faces our front wall. To the right is a lamp, to the left is a table with informational brochures and a reading stand, and on the wall are a series of bright Disability Pride parade signs. There is also an orange sofa and green armchair.
  4. Adjustable height desk facing the back wall with evenly spaced lamps and art work.
    Image Description: An open room with light blue cinderblock walls and framed artwork. There are lamps, couches, a bean bag chair, a communal table and a bookcase with our library, speakers, mics, and a TV.

Disability Arts and Culture in the DCC Lounge! Heading link

Our Lounge has a collection of artwork from disabled artists and other ways to celebrate disability culture.

A red poster with the words “Crip love is the Best” written in cursive with black paint with a heart over the letter I in Crip. There is a heart with the LGBTQ pride colors in the bottom right corner.
Image Description: A red poster with the words “Crip love is the Best” written in cursive with black paint with a heart over the letter I in Crip. There is a heart with the LGBTQ pride colors in the bottom right corner.

Disability Pride Parade Poster, large poster with paint

 

Image Description: A red poster with the words “Crip love is the Best” written in cursive with black paint with a heart over the letter I in Crip. There is a heart with the LGBTQ pride colors in the bottom right corner.

 

A neon pink poster with the words “ Liberation for All” in upper case black block letters and “#Close The Camps” under it with a white background and black letters.
Image Description: A neon pink poster with the words “ Liberation for All” in upper case black block letters and “#Close The Camps” under it with a white background and black letters.

Disability Pride Parade Poster, large poster board and cut out letters

 

Image Description: A neon pink poster with the words “ Liberation for All” in upper case black block letters and “#Close The Camps” under it with a white background and black letters.

A white poster with the words “Queer Disabled and Proud” with queer and proud in dark purple paint, disabled in dark blue paint, and the word and in green paint. There is a transgender pride symbol drawn in silver glitter in the bottom right corner.
Image Description: A white poster with the words “Queer Disabled and Proud” with queer and proud in dark purple paint, disabled in dark blue paint, and the word and in green paint. There is a transgender symbol drawn in silver glitter in the bottom right corner.

Disability Pride Parade Poster, large poster with paint and glitter glue

 

Image Description: A white poster with the words “Queer Disabled and Proud” with queer and proud in dark purple paint, disabled in dark blue paint, and the word and in green paint. There is a transgender pride symbol drawn in silver glitter in the bottom right corner.