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AAPD Increases Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Award Amount to $25,000 Per Recipient

For Immediate Release: September 18, 2025 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-465-5528 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is thrilled to announce it is increasing the award amount for the Paul G. Hearne Emerging...

GlobalLogic and American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Announce Partnership to Establish Inclusive AI Governance Framework

GlobalLogic and AAPD partner to engineer a new era of inclusive AI, ensuring fairness and accessibility for all Washington D.C., and Santa Clara, Calif., September 3, 2025 – GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company and leader in digital engineering, today announced a...

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AAPD Applauds New Department of Justice Guidance on Rights of Disabled Voters

For Immediate Release: April 20, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – On April 18, 2024, the Departmen...

Apr 20, 2024

AAPD Praises Department of Justice For Finalizing Title II Web Accessibility Rule

For Immediate Release: April 10, 2024 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com; 202-975-0960 WASHINGTON, DC – On April 8, 2024, A...

Apr 10, 2024

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

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

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

American Association of People with Disabilities Celebrates Resolution of Supreme Court Case Acheson Hotels, LLC. v. Laufer

December 8, 2023 Contact: Jess Davidson, jdavidson@aapd.com WASHINGTON – On Tuesday December 5, Acheson Hotels, LLC. v. Laufer was di...

Dec 08, 2023

American Association of People with Disabilities Mourns the Death of Disability Advocate Andrés Gallegos

For Immediate Release: December 5, 2023 Contact: Jess Davidson at jdavidson@aapd.com WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association of Peop...

Dec 05, 2023

AAPD Announces its First Fall Internship Class

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Nov 18, 2023

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AAPD Statement on White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

For Immediate Release: November 3, 2023 Contact: jdavidson@aapd.com WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, October 30th, President Biden signed Executiv...

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