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Update on the COVID-19 & Higher Education Advocacy Program

A year ago, AAPD proudly announced that with funding from the Ford Foundation, we would be creating the COVID-19 & Higher Education Advocacy Program. Despite the end of the formally declared public health emergency, we know the pandemic isn’t over. It has been a...

AAPD Releases 2024 Presidential Candidate Survey

For Immediate Release: September 19, 2023 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) released an electoral candidate survey ahead of the second Republican debate. Voters with...

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Americans with Disabilities and Their Family Members Met with White House Officials

Today, a group of Americans who benefit from Medicaid services for people with disabilities—joined by representatives of the American Association o...

Jul 12, 2011

Interfaith Disability Coalition Delivers Medicaid Letter to Capitol Hill

The Interfaith Disability Advocacy Coalition (IDAC) delivered a letter to members of the House and Senate today urging them to protect Medicaid fro...

Jul 11, 2011

Americans with Disabilities and Their Family Members to Meet with White House Officials and Hill Offices

On Tuesday, July 12, Americans with disabilities and their family members will meet White House officials and members of Congress to discuss the wa...

Jul 09, 2011

AAPD Elects New Board Officers

Today, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the nation’s largest cross-disability organization, announced the election of n...

Jun 27, 2011

American Association of People with Disabilities Welcomes New Board Members

Today, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the nation’s largest cross-disability organization, announced the election of f...

Jun 25, 2011

AAPD Co-Sponsors Congressional Briefing on Importance of Rehabilitation in America’s Healthcare System

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to co-sponsor a congressional briefing on “The Importance of Rehabilitation ...

Jun 23, 2011

Mark Perriello Named AAPD’s New President and CEO

Mark Perriello, longtime civil rights leader and current Obama aide, was named President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabil...

Jun 01, 2011