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“Don’t Mourn, Organize” – AAPD Remembers Bob Kafka

For Immediate Release: December 28, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, December 26, 2025, our movement lost a powerful leader, and many of us lost a dear colleague and friend. Bob Kafka, a longtime organizer with the...

Shaking Up the Theater Industry as a Disabled Person

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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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AAPD Applauds Sweeping Department of Transportation Regulation for Airline Passengers with Disabilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com WASHINGTON – This week, the Department of T...

Dec 18, 2024

American Association of People with Disabilities Celebrates Proposed Department of Labor Regulation to End Subminimum Wage

For Immediate Release: December 3, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Departmen...

Dec 03, 2024

AAPD and NBCUniversal Announce 2024 Recipients of the NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship

For Immediate Release: November 13, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association ...

Nov 13, 2024

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

Disability Rights Advocates and Union Workers Launch Joint Campaign to Improve Access to Air Travel for Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs

Coalition urges Department of Transportation to issue strong rules requiring airlines to improve airport service workers’ training The campaign lau...

Oct 31, 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

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AAPD Applauds Sweeping Department of Transportation Regulation for Airline Passengers with Disabilities

American Association of People with Disabilities Celebrates Proposed Department of Labor Regulation to End Subminimum Wage

AAPD and NBCUniversal Announce 2024 Recipients of the NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship

What Has REV UP Been Up To In 2024 to Get Out The Disability Vote?

Disability Rights Advocates and Union Workers Launch Joint Campaign to Improve Access to Air Travel for Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs

Election 2024 Policy Brief: Project 2025, People with Disabilities, and Other Marginalized Communities

Election 2024 Policy Brief: HHS’s New Section 504 and Section 1557 Regulations

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

Election 2024 Policy Brief: DOT Improves Air Travel for Passengers with Disabilities

Disability Groups Push Powerful Disability Vote Ad Across Key States

AAPD Announces its Second Fall Internship Class – Fall 2024

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

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