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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 Disabilities (AAPD) strongly condemns the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (EO), “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for...

AAPD and NBCUniversal Announce 2025 Recipients of the NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship

For Immediate Release: Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is proud to announce the eight recipients of the 2025 NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship. With generous...

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

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

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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...

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For Immediate Release: May 1, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – On April 26, 2024, The...

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For Immediate Release: April 20, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – On April 18, 2024, the Departmen...

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For Immediate Release: April 10, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – On April 8, 2024, A...

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AAPD Announces the 2024 Recipients of the AAPD Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Awards

For Immediate Release: March 19, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 Christine Liao at cliao@aapd.com; 202-521-4302 WA...

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