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ADA.gov: What is Community Integration?
The ADA bans the unnecessary segregation of people with disabilities in a regulation called “the integration mandate.” As a result, State and local...
Nov 20, 2024
HCBS Access for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) are types of person-centered care delivered in the home and community. A variety of health and human serv...
Nov 20, 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
Election 2024 Policy Brief: Project 2025, People with Disabilities, and Other Marginalized Communities
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
Election 2024 Policy Brief: HHS’s New Section 504 and Section 1557 Regulations
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
Election 2024 Policy Brief: Improvements to the Care Economy Since 2020
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
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