Naomi Hess, nhess@aapd.com; Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com, 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) mourns the loss of Becky Ogle. In the early ...
Gail Zuagar gzuagar@nationalpartnership.org   Disabled women are paid 56 cents for every dollar paid to nondisabled men Link ...
Editor’s Note: REV UP was founded in 2016 by grassroots activists in Texas to build the power of the disability vote—and over the past decade, it has grown into a powerful national movement. REV UP ...
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 ...
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 ...
This week, a bipartisan House resolution was introduced in Congress affirming the right of disabled people to live in their homes and communities, not segregated in institutions. The Defend Community ...
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 ...
Brittanie Hernandez-Wilson, one of the recipients of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)’s 2026 Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Award, knows what it’s like to see change in ...
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States federal government has long been recognized as the largest employer of Americans with disabilities, through a combination of direct hires, federal contractors, ...
Today, on the last day of Disability Pride Month, we are looking ahead to the future. We asked five leaders from AAPD’s network and staff to share what disability pride means to them. Enjoy their ...
LGBTQI+ Pride Month just ended, Disability Pride Month has just begun, and we are celebrating 250 years of American democracy. The gays are queuing up the pop divas, lesbians are lighting the ...
WASHINGTON – Today, just days before the 27th anniversary of the landmark Olmstead v. LC decision, the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) learned of an opinion memo from the ...