Delta Alpha Pi

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Well you fail to see that this honor society shows that students with disabilities are not different from every other students.

The achievement of those individuals lead to a change in mindsets and views about people with disabilities.

Your view on Delta Alpha Pi is mistaken because this is on an university level honor society that was made to bring forth awareness to different disabilities and break down stereotypes of those disabilities.

There are now 31 chapters of Delta Alpha Pi and growing across the United States at this time which means that bring awareness about different disabilities is a strong cause to follow for a adaptable world.

So you're saying it's just another group to pay dues to when you become a member?

Just my take on it.

If you are an honors student, you can be admitted into any mainstream honors society. If you want to crusade to show that handicapped people can achieve intellectual honors, you don't need a fraternity to do that.

Meantime, anyone who knows what the fraternity stands for will know you are handicapped before they ever meet you just because you declare the pedigree.

Delta Alpha Pi has no dues in the first place.

So your take is your opinion on the matter but since you have not been in DAP. DAP is more than you think it is because I am a very active member in Mason's Chapter along with being the chapter's Secretary.

I was reading past posts to this thread and I noticed some very good comments.

Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society is a very strong collective voice on colleges and universities campus with bring awareness about disabilities and the academical achievements of those individuals with disabilities. It does help eliminate the negative stereotypes around disabilities that many people still believe in today.

There is a catch 22 regarding Asperger's and acceptance into society, though.

The problem is, people with AS aren't excluded from society...UNTIL it's common knowledge that they have AS. The same is true with many invisible disabilities.

If I keep my mouth shut, people treat me like an equal.

When I go to AS meetings, and there are NT parents there, they either treat me with disbelief or condescension.

Back when I worked at McDonalds, I wasn't very popular. But at least people talked to me, and didn't ignore me when I had something to say. The same couldn't be said for a girl there who had HFA. She was frequently ignored, or dismissed in a patronizing tone. One time, I saw her going home from high school (it was on my bus route) and she was trying to engage some of her classmates in conversation. Exact same treatment.

Why? Because it's widely known that she's autistic. As far as my co-workers were concerned, there was nothing "wrong" with me.

I understand the concept behind Delta Alpha Pi. It's to acknowledge that disabled people are on campus, and they can have decent GPAs. But even good grades can't change some people's attitudes. I wouldn't want to "put myself out there" like that. If you can, then all the best to you.

I been able to put myself out there since the courses I have taken at Mason. My fellow peers and professors were very open minded since I explained my AS to them as well as my ADHD. People are open minded to new ideas and concepts, it just take time for some people to gain a better understanding.