This week, a bipartisan House resolution was introduced in Congress affirming the right of disabled people to live in their ...

Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the federal judge in Texas v. Kennedy vacated the ...

Yesterday, the federal judge in the case of Texas v. Kennedy entered an order throwing out the community integration ...

Start Access convenes and connects diverse stakeholders in order to empower entrepreneurs with disabilities and to celebrate disability-led technology innovation that promotes equal opportunity, ...

This award is named in honor of Paul G. Hearne, an advocate and visionary leader with a lifelong disability who achieved success as a nonprofit executive, foundation president, federal agency director ...

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 ...

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.” ...

AAPD is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Tony Coelho Media Scholarship! This scholarship awarded eight (8) Tony Coelho Media Scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students with ...

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 ...