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Action Alert: Ask Your Senators to Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson!

Action Alert, Blog, Disability Rights, Voting

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was just voted out of committee and is poised to become the first Black woman Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, pending a full vote by the Senate.

The Mouth Painter

Blog, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, Education

Glenneisha Darkins, better known as Glenn, is a Black quadriplegic artist and mouth painter from Miami, Florida.

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Maria Town

President and CEO of AAPD

Nov 02, 2010

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

Paratransit Passenger Princess

I often surprise people in my community when I tell them that I don’t drive. They inevitably respond, “Then how did you get here?” While I wish my ...

Feb 03, 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

AAPD Resources and News Sources Amidst ICE Violence

Resources: Provide or Receive Support in Minnesota Contribute to or receive mutual aid in Minnesota through the Community Aid Network. Email commun...

Jan 28, 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

Recent Changes to Immigration Policies Have Disastrous Impacts on Disabled People and Long-Term Care

In January 2025, just two weeks before President Trump’s second inauguration, I was approved by the state of Wisconsin to receive Home and Communit...

Jan 09, 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

Shaking Up the Theater Industry as a Disabled Person

As an Autistic, multi-disabled person, working in the theater industry can be challenging. It’s not often you see disabled representation in ...

Dec 22, 2025

Powered by Community: How AAPD Showed Up, Built Together, and Looks Ahead

This year, AAPD marked 30 years of advancing disability rights and leadership under a theme that feels more urgent than ever: Powered by Community....

Dec 19, 2025

AAPD condemns the 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 Disabi...

Dec 16, 2025

Disability Economic Power & AAPD Internships

Dec 09, 2025

My Token is Done Shining for You

“…and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to spea...

Dec 08, 2025

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