AAPD Press Team

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Update on the COVID-19 & Higher Education Advocacy Program

A year ago, AAPD proudly announced that with funding from the Ford Foundation, we would be creating the COVID-19 & Higher Education Advocacy Program. Despite the end of the formally declared public health emergency, we know the pandemic isn’t over. It has been a...

AAPD Calls for Resources and Protection Following End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

COVID-19, Press Release

In light of the termination of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Maria Town, President and CEO of The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), released the following statement:

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AAPD Press Team

The Latest

Update on the COVID-19 & Higher Education Advocacy Program

AAPD Calls for Resources and Protection Following End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Recent Posts

At the Iowa caucuses, accessibility is democracy in action

Maria Town’s Comments at the 1/8 Press Conference in Solidarity with Rev. Barber

American Association of People with Disabilities Celebrates Resolution of Supreme Court Case Acheson Hotels, LLC. v. Laufer

American Association of People with Disabilities Mourns the Death of Disability Advocate Andrés Gallegos

AAPD Announces its First Fall Internship Class

2023 Fall Interns

Maria Town’s Remarks at HHS Section 504 Rulemaking Press Conference – September 7, 2023

AAPD Calls on Department of Labor to End the Practice of Paying Disabled Workers Subminimum Wage

Advocate Letter to Department of Labor

AAPD Statement on White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

AAPD Supports the Department of Labor’s Review of 14(c) Certificates and Calls for an End to Subminimum Wage

Update on the COVID-19 & Higher Education Advocacy Program