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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 local level and that disabled leaders must be at the forefront of building an accessible democracy. REV UP’s commitment to...

American Association of People with Disabilities Responds to Passage of Budget Reconciliation Bill: “This Is A Devastating Day for Disabled Americans”

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For Immediate Release: July 3, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives held its final vote on the budget reconciliation bill. After being approved by the Senate by a...

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[Plain Language] AAPD Condemns Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill and Deeper Medicaid Cuts

The American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) believes that this budget reconciliation bill is bad for the country. A budget reconci...

Jul 01, 2025

AAPD Condemns Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill and Deeper Medicaid Cuts

Click here for a plain language version For Immediate Release: July 1, 2025 Contact: Michael Lewis at mlewis@aapd.com; 540-447-9438 WASHINGTON, D.C...

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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

AAPD Strongly Condemns Senate Proposal That Slashes Medicaid and Threatens Disabled Lives

For Immediate Release: June 25, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Association ...

Jun 25, 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

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To access this resource as a PDF, click here. On March 25, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Preserving and Protecting the Int...

Mar 27, 2025

American Association of People with Disabilities Condemns Trump Administration Efforts to Dismantle Department of Education

For Immediate Release: March 13, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON – On March 11, reports emerg...

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Report: Building A Disability-Inclusive AI Ecosystem: A Cross-Disability, Cross-Systems Analysis Of Best Practices

In 2021, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) released a report entitled...

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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...

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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...

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Administration for Community Living: Improving Quality of HCBS

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