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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 Programs I first truly felt and knew disability pride when I was in community with other disabled folks. It was then that I...

American Association of People with Disabilities Denounces Proposed Department of Labor Actions Hindering Disability Employment

For Immediate Release: July 10, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Between July 1 and 7, 2025, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced a series of actions that, taken together, reveal an attempt to dismantle significant...

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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

Disability Groups Push Powerful Disability Vote Ad Across Key States

“Fight beside us or get out of the way”: New Online Ad Buy Urges Candidates to Back Disability Community and Disability GOTV FOR IMMEDIATE R...

Oct 24, 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

AAPD Collaborates with The Deaf Professional Arts Network (D-PAN) to Provide Access to ASL Interpreting of October 1 Vice-Presidential Candidate Debate

For Immediate Release: October 1, 2024 Contact AAPD: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 Contact D-PAN: Sean Forbes sean@dpan.tv &...

Oct 01, 2024

AAPD Statement on Ableist Comments by Donald Trump about Vice President Harris

For Immediate Release: September 29, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday afte...

Sep 29, 2024

AAPD Statement on Supreme Court Decision Involving Regulatory Power in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

For Immediate Release: July 2, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, June 28, t...

Jul 02, 2024

Statement and Call to Action from The American Association of People with Disabilities on the 25th Anniversary of Olmstead v. LC

For Immediate Release: June 22, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-546-5528 WASHINGTON, DC – Twenty-five years ago tod...

Jun 22, 2024

Dear CNN Debate Team, Disabled Voters Are Ready for an Accessible Debate

Jun 17, 2024

Announcing the Summer Internship Cohort of 2024

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce the Summer Internship Program Cohort of 2024.

Jun 17, 2024

American Association of People with Disabilities Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Retain FDA Approval of Mifepristone

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court announced its unanimous decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Federal Drug Administration (FD...

Jun 14, 2024

AAPD Applauds Historic HHS Rule on Disability Discrimination

For Immediate Release: May 2, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Department ...

May 02, 2024

Improving Election Accessibility for Disabled Voters, Spotlight: National Polling Access Audit Coalition

May 02, 2024