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Paul G. Hearne Profile: Emily Ladau

Writer, speaker, and disability advocate Emily Ladau is well-known in the disability community and beyond for her impressive career using storytelling as a tool for social change. What is less well-known is how the American Association of People with Disabilities’...

Blending the Personal and the Political: An Introduction to AAPD’s Blog Program

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We all know that public policy is personal. But there is often so much time and attention devoted to the technicalities of public policy that the human nature of the impacts gets neglected. AAPD has long worked at this intersection of the personal and the political....

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Department of Education Condemned for Ending Support for Students with Disabilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2025 Broad Coalition of Disability, Civil Rights, and Education Organizations Call for Reversal of Layoffs at Dep...

Oct 14, 2025

Explainer: What the Government Shutdown Means for SNAP, WIC, and Disability Programs

Update as of October 27, 2025: The federal government shutdown is now in its fourth week, with no immediate end in sight. As you can read about in ...

Oct 14, 2025