disability rights

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 lo...

July is Disability Pride Month! We asked some AAPD staff to describe what disability pride means to them. Christine Liao, Vice President of Program...

For Immediate Release: July 10, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Between July 1 and 7, 2025, ...

Starbucks Coffee Company, CVS Health, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Step n’ Wash, amongst others, join as inaugural members   For Immediate Release: Ju...

For Immediate Release: July 3, 2025  Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528   WASHINGTON, D.C. – This afternoon, the U.S. Ho...

To access this resource as a Word document, click here. To access this resource as a PDF, click here.   What does it mean to advocate? Advocac...

To access this resource as a Word document, click here. To access this resource as a PDF, click here. The Issue Medicaid supports over 70 million A...

By Courtney Felle, Summer Internship Program alumni, 2020 and 2021 I am queer because I am disabled; I am disabled because I am queer.  I was born ...

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

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...