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For Immediate Release: May 4, 2026 Contact: Naomi Hess, communications@aapd.com; 202-873-4011 WASHINGTON, DC — The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) applauds Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) for the...

Leading Disability Organizations: Delaying Digital Accessibility is Unacceptable

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For Immediate Release: April 21, 2026 Contact: Naomi Hess, communications@aapd.com; 202-873-4011 A broad coalition of disability rights organizations is expressing our unequivocal opposition: the Department of Justice’s Interim Final Rule extending the compliance...

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AAPD Statement on DOJ Title II Web Rule Interim Final Rule

For Immediate Release: April 20, 2026 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Department of Justice (...

Apr 20, 2026

American Association of People with Disabilities Responds to Executive Order Threatening Vote by Mail

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) strongly condemns President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) titled “Ensur...

Apr 02, 2026

Disability Voting Rights Partnership at the 2026 Selma Jubilee

For Immediate Release: March 2, 2026 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, DC and SELMA, AL – Every year, organizer...

Mar 02, 2026

The Access Coalition Releases Unprecedented Suite of Inclusive Design Resources to Transform Retail Spaces

For Immediate Release: February 25, 2026 The Access Coalition, a groundbreaking, multi-company collaboration convened by the American Association o...

Feb 25, 2026

American Association of People with Disabilities Response to House Passage of the SAVE America Act

For Immediate Release: February 13, 2026 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 Washington, D.C. – Earlier this week, the U.S. Th...

Feb 13, 2026

AAPD Deeply Concerned By GAO Report Finding Education Department Dismissed 90% of Civil Rights Discrimination Complaints Without Review; Wasted $38 Million

For Immediate Release: February 2, 2026 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association of Peopl...

Feb 02, 2026

Announcing AAPD’s 2026 Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Awardees: Katie Drackert and Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson

For Immediate Release: January 16, 2026 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 Sarah Shaw at sshaw@aapd.com; 771-243-3251 WASHI...

Jan 16, 2026

“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 mov...

Dec 28, 2025

AAPD Condemns Latest Presidential Executive Order Preventing States From Regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies

For immediate release: December 16, 2025 Contact: Naomi Hess, nhess@aapd.com Washington, D.C. – The American Association of People with Disab...

Dec 16, 2025

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