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Meet Dustin Snowadzky, AAPD/Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies Fellow

Greetings! My name is Dustin Snowadzky and I am excited to join The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) as the first Portlight Inclusive Disaster Strategies Fellow.

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Maria Town

President and CEO of AAPD

Nov 02, 2010

AAPD Announces the 2024 Recipients of the AAPD Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Awards

For Immediate Release: March 19, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 Christine Liao at cliao@aapd.com; 202-521-4302 WA...

Mar 19, 2024

AAPD Disability Policy Download – February 2024

Note: This is the full-length version of AAPD’s February 2024 policy update. AAPD sends out a shortened version to its mailing list each month. If ...

Mar 02, 2024

American Association of People with Disabilities Responds to New CDC COVID Isolation Guidance

For Immediate Release: March 1, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 For Immediate Release: March 1, 2024 Contac...

Mar 01, 2024

AAPD Praises Department of Transportation Proposed Rule for Safe and Accessible Air Travel for Passengers with Disabilities

For Immediate Release: February 29, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. ...

Feb 29, 2024

AAPD Admonishes Proposed Changes to CDC COVID Isolation Guidance

For Immediate Release: February 21, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – On February 13, ...

Feb 22, 2024

2023 Portraits of Empowerment

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is proud to present our 2023 Portrait of Empowerment series, which features our AAPD Su...

Feb 16, 2024

REVving UP for 2024

We have five main focus areas and many goals within those areas. We work closely with state and community leaders and we provide small grants to fu...

Feb 15, 2024

Michael Lewis

Vice President of Policy

Feb 06, 2024

AAPD Disability Policy Download – January 2024

Note: This is the full-length version of AAPD’s January 2024 policy update. AAPD sends out a shortened version to its mailing list each month. If y...

Feb 02, 2024

American Association of People with Disabilities Engages Major News Networks, DNC, and RNC on Disability Inclusion in 2024 Election

For Immediate Release: January 31, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Americ...

Jan 31, 2024

Plain Language Definitions – Voting Words and Terms

What are local, state, and federal elections? There are three different levels of elected office: local offices, state offices, and federal offices...

Jan 31, 2024

Hutchinson Response to Disability Presidential Candidate Questionnaire

Governor Asa Hutchinson was a Republican 2024 candidate for President of the United States. He served as the 46th Governor of the State of Arkansas...

Jan 17, 2024