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History of Disability Pride Month
Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July to commemorate the strength and solidarity of the disability community. It takes place in July beca...
Jul 25, 2025
How the Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Award Helped Sarah Triano Make Disability History
A black-and-white photo of the 2002 Paul G. Hearne Award recipients: (from left to right) Albert Cheong, Sarah Louise Triano, Peter Cody Hunt, Carr...
Jul 24, 2025
Becoming An Inspirational Story While Disability Rights Are Threatened
“President Biden has a heart of gold for making time for this disabled woman.” “Our current president would never let himself be seen next to someo...
Jul 18, 2025
2025 REV UP Small Grants
2025 REV UP Small Grants Founded by grassroots disabled activists in Texas in 2016, REV UP maintains the core belief that change happens at the lo...
Jul 17, 2025
AAPD Staff Honors Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month! We asked some AAPD staff to describe what disability pride means to them. Christine Liao, Vice President of Program...
Jul 17, 2025
Disability Advocacy and Intersex Advocacy Have a Lot in Common
By Courtney Felle, Summer Internship Program alumni, 2020 and 2021 I am queer because I am disabled; I am disabled because I am queer. I was born ...
Jul 02, 2025
Action Alert: Senate Budget Reconciliation Update
Last Updated July 3 at 9:45 AM ET Note: This resource is based on a rapidly evolving situation and will be updated as we receive more information. ...
Jun 28, 2025
Introducing the Summer Internship Program Cohort of 2025
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce the Summer Internship Program Cohort of 2025. Over 20 years ago,...
Jun 11, 2025
450+ Organizations Join AAPD In Letter to Congress re: HHS Restructuring
On Friday, March 28, AAPD and more than 450 disability, civil rights, aging, mental health, and patient organizations sent a letter to majority, mi...
Mar 29, 2025
What Has REV UP Been Up To In 2024 to Get Out The Disability Vote?
Dear AAPD Community, As we near the end of the 2024 election season, we wanted to take a moment to uplift our resources and highlight the incredibl...
Nov 04, 2024
Election 2024 Policy Brief: Project 2025, People with Disabilities, and Other Marginalized Communities
Note: AAPD is nonpartisan and does not support or oppose any candidate for office. We do urge individuals with disabilities and their allies to tho...
Oct 29, 2024
Election 2024 Policy Brief: HHS’s New Section 504 and Section 1557 Regulations
Note: AAPD is nonpartisan and does not support or oppose any candidate for office. We do urge individuals with disabilities and their allies to tho...
Oct 29, 2024