The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce its fall 2026 internship program cohort! Over the past few weeks the AAPD fall interns have been working at their ...

The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is pleased to announce its 2026 Fall Internship Program Cohort! AAPD fall interns have spent the past several weeks at their internship ...

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the federal judge in Texas v. Kennedy vacated the community integration requirements in the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Section 504 rule. The resolution ...

For more than two decades, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) has run an internship program that opens doors to access meaningful and accessible employment opportunities. The ...

On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) implementing new Medicaid work requirements, also known as “community engagement requirements.” ...

Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), Deaf Equality, ...

Your support helps AAPD build the political and economic power of over 70 million Americans with disabilities. Your support powers AAPD to expand and defend disability rights, cultivate future ...

Note: AAPD is nonpartisan and does not support or oppose any candidate for office. We do urge individuals with disabilities and their allies to thoroughly research the candidates who will be on their ...

Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, DC — The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) strongly condemns today’s announcement by Secretary of Education ...

In 2021, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) released a report entitled “Centering Disability in Technology Policy: Issue ...

This year, AAPD marked 30 years of advancing disability rights and leadership under a theme that feels more urgent than ever: Powered by Community. Our founders, Paul G. Hearne and John Kemp, imagined ...