GAMHAA has identified a need for respite for students and staff alike. Respite rooms are are becoming more popular in businesses, and M+A Architects, our community partner, has used evidence-based design solutions to design a respite room for their office located in Columbus, Ohio. The conversations we’ve had with graduate students and the work M+A has done with their own respite room have inspired us to create a space for our community to rest.

In order to more closely align this project with Disability Studies, where much of our work is situated, we have made the move to establish this space asa Quiet Room.

During the 2019-2020 academic year, we have focused our efforts on procuring a Quiet Room in Denney hall. Partnering with M+A Architects, the OSU English Department, and the Disability Studies Program, we have made this vision a reality.

The Quiet Room is a multipurpose space meant to offer privacy, respite, relaxation, stress relief, destimulation, and silence. The space is equipped with private partitioned spaces, stim items, a happy light (sun lamp), salt lamp, Buddha Board, light reading materials, ear plugs, coloring books and pencils, a weighted blanket, and resting spaces.

The room is available to anyone and everyone, but is especially designed toward students, staff, and associated faculty on campus who lack private, quiet spaces on campus. It is located on the fifth floor of Denney Hall, room number 507.

To learn more about the Quiet Room, including protocol on how to use the room, check out the other tabs under the Quiet Room section!