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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

Paul G. Hearne Profile: Sneha Dave

Chronic illness advocate Sneha Dave started the nonprofit organization Generation Patient when she was a college student, seeking to create opportu...

Nov 04, 2025

Paul G. Hearne Profile: Elijah Armstrong

After experiencing disability discrimination in high school, Elijah Armstrong became motivated to help other disabled students continue their educa...

Nov 04, 2025

Paul G. Hearne Profile: Noor Pervez

Noor Pervez was encouraged to apply for the Paul G. Hearne Award in 2021 by one of his colleagues. That same year, he won the award and went on to ...

Nov 04, 2025

Paul G. Hearne Profile: Emily Ladau

Writer, speaker, and disability advocate Emily Ladau is well-known in the disability community and beyond for her impressive career using storytell...

Nov 04, 2025

Paul G. Hearne Profile: Ollie Cantos

Ollie Cantos first became active in the disability rights movement in 1990, working on issues affecting the blind community. In 1999, his work expa...

Nov 04, 2025

Paul G. Hearne Profile: Amber Smock

In 2012, Amber Smock decided to apply for the Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Award after she was encouraged to apply by multiple people in her prof...

Nov 04, 2025

The Disability Vote Matters

This Election Day, local elections across the country will shape the policies and choose the leaders that influence our daily lives. In addition to...

Nov 03, 2025

Queer Disability History Can’t Be Neutral

Can a historian’s work be linked to activism while still giving a fair and balanced account of history? As a Master’s of Public History student at ...

Oct 21, 2025

Introducing the 2025 Fall Internship Program Cohort

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce its 2025 Fall Internship Program Cohort! The Fall Internship Pro...

Oct 16, 2025

Federal Reductions-in-Force at the Department of Education and Other Agencies Harm Disabled People

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

Oct 15, 2025

Explainer: What the Trump Administration’s Reduction-in-Force Means for People with Disabilities

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...

Oct 15, 2025

Department of Education Condemned for Ending Support for Students with Disabilities

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

Oct 14, 2025

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