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Introducing the Summer Internship Program Cohort of 2025

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The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce the Summer Internship Program Cohort of 2025. Over 20 years ago, AAPD launched the Summer Internship Program to develop the next generation of leaders with disabilities. AAPD has placed...

Explainer: The House Passed a Budget Reconciliation Bill – What’s In the Bill and What Would It Mean For Disabled Americans?

On May 22nd, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill by just one vote. The bill contains many provisions that will be catastrophic for people with disabilities, including at least $715 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next ten...

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Budget Reconciliation 101: Explaining Budget Reconciliation in Congress

To access this resource as a PDF, click here. To access this resource as a Word Document, click here. What Is Reconciliation? The House and Senate...

May 25, 2025

Explaining the HHS Draft Budget and Why It Is Harmful to Disabled People

To access this resource as a PDF, click here. To access this resource as a Word document, click here. On April 16, 2025, the Washington Post report...

Apr 23, 2025

Explaining Medical Debt and the CFPB Rule: What’s Going On With Medical Debt, and How Does It Impact Consumers with Disabilities?

Click here to see this resource as a PDF Click here to see this resource as a Word Document On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Prote...

Apr 02, 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

Election Executive Order Explainer: What’s Going On With Voting Right Now, and How Does It Impact Disabled Voters?

To access this resource as a PDF, click here. On March 25, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Preserving and Protecting the Int...

Mar 27, 2025

Explaining the Impact of the Educational Executive Order on People with Disabilities

If you wish to view this resource as a PDF, click here. If you wish to view this resource as a Word document, click here. March 20, 2025 Con...

Mar 20, 2025

Report: Building A Disability-Inclusive AI Ecosystem: A Cross-Disability, Cross-Systems Analysis Of Best Practices

In 2021, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) released a report entitled...

Mar 11, 2025

Explaining Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA), The Trump Administration’s Recent Actions on DEIA, and the Impact on Disabled Americans

If you wish to view this resource as a PDF, click here. Since taking office, President Trump has taken several actions attacking diversity, equity,...

Feb 16, 2025

Explaining the Impact of the Federal Funding Pause on People with Disabilities

Last Updated February 4, 2025 at 5:25pm ET Note: This resource is based on a rapidly evolving situation and will be updated as we receive more info...

Jan 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