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For Immediate Release: October 15, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 and Naomi Hess, nhess@aapd.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – ...

What is a Reduction-in-Force (RIF)? A Reduction-in-Force (RIF) is a process in which an employer permanently eliminates some positions, resulting i...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2025 Broad Coalition of Disability, Civil Rights, and Education Organizations Call for Reversal of Layoffs at Dep...

On Wednesday, October 1, at 12:01 AM, part of the federal government shut down because Congress could not  agree on a funding plan. As of now, the ...

Content warning: this post discusses disturbing topics including environmental disasters, wildfires, Indigenous residential schools, death, and edu...

  Content warning: this post discusses disturbing topics such as eugenics and anti-autistic ableism. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an announcemen...

Words to Know Acetaminophen – a medicine that helps get rid of fevers and pain. Acetaminophen is also called Tylenol. Autism community –...

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 24, 2025  Organizational Contacts: AAPD: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 AUCD: Lillie H...

I was born at the intersection of Broken Street and Brown Avenue. These are not literal roadways nor locations that can be found on Google Maps. In...

For Immediate Release: September 18, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of ...

Program Manager for the AAPD's Internship Programs