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Recent Changes to Immigration Policies Have Disastrous Impacts on Disabled People and Long-Term Care

In January 2025, just two weeks before President Trump’s second inauguration, I was approved by the state of Wisconsin to receive Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), a form of long-term care that they called IRIS. A rapid decline in my progressive disability...

Shaking Up the Theater Industry as a Disabled Person

As an Autistic, multi-disabled person, working in the theater industry can be challenging. It's not often you see disabled representation in theater, both onstage and off. Growing up, I rarely saw other disabled performers or characters. When I started working in...

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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

Election 2024 Policy Brief: Improvements to the Care Economy Since 2020

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: DOT Improves Air Travel for Passengers with Disabilities

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

AAPD Announces its Second Fall Internship Class – Fall 2024

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce its second annual Fall Internship Class. This year’s program con...

Oct 04, 2024