The DO-IT Center Receives 2025 WAPED Achievement Award!

On April 23, 2025, the Washington Association on Postsecondary Education and Disability (WAPED) presented a 2025 Achievement Award to the DO-IT Center. This is an award for technical and/or professional achievement in promoting awareness and development in issues of education of persons with disabilities. This award may be presented to a person or organization that has, in preceding years, made a major contribution to increasing knowledge and awareness of disability issues in education or has developed techniques or methods in the application of such knowledge in higher education.

The nominator cited the important work done through DO-IT’s various programs, and praised the center’s significant contributions over several decades to “increasing knowledge around disability access and inclusion through cutting-edge research, training, and direct support.” The nominator also commended DO-IT for the crucial resources and trainings it makes available to educators, disability service professionals, and administrators. They concluded that the “DO-IT Center exemplifies the spirit of the Achievement Award through their ongoing technical and professional leadership in the field. Their contributions have had a profound and measurable impact on raising awareness, building capacity, and advancing educational equity for students with disabilities.”

We are honored to have received this award. DO-IT staff want to share this recognition with the mentors, students, educators, advisory board members, and others who have made crucial contributions to our shared success.