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American Association on Health & Disability
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AAHD is dedicated to ensuring health equity for children and adults with disabilities through policy, research, education and dissemination at the federal, state and community level.
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With the start of #ACA #OpenEnrollment, healthcare #navigators and enrollment assisters can sign up for our NDNRC Newsletter for essential updates to support enrollees with disabilities: bit.ly/AAHD-Subscribe

View archives of the newsletter here: nationaldisabilitynavigator.org/category/new...
National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative and AAHD present a weekly newsletter for healthcare navigators. The NDNRC newsletter has been supporting healthcare navigators to understand essential health reform news relevant to people with disabilities since 2017. This Open Enrollment season, we’re providing weekly email updates to share information on ACA health insurance enrollment concerns for the disability community, with Medicaid enrollment updates coming this winter. A smiling office worker holding a laptop.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Now through 2028, the DeafYES! Center for Deaf Empowerment and Recovery at @umasschan.bsky.social is recruiting #Deaf, #DeafBlind, #DeafDisabled, and Hard of Hearing individuals across the U.S. for a research study on trauma and addiction. Email SignsOfSafety@umassmed.edu to learn more.
Deaf and sober curious? This study may be for you. Who can join? Deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf Disabled, or Hard of Hearing. Can communicate in ASL. Past month alcohol use and trauma-related stress. Live in the United States. Age 18 plus. Possible benefits. 12 virtual counseling sessions at no cost. Learn skills to cope with trauma and addition. Up to $500 for completing 5 online surveys throughout the study. Interested? Not sure if you're eligible? Emails SignsOfSafety@umassmed.edu.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Want to participate in health-related research studies relevant to you? AAHD is proud to announce the launch of our new #disability and health Research Listserv. Every month we’ll send out health studies seeking participants with disabilities. Start the sign-up process here: bit.ly/AAHD-Subscribe
Get updates on health-related research study participation opportunities you might qualify for. Open to all people with disabilities. Join AAHD's Research Listserv. American Association on Health and Disability. Collage of diverse people with disabilities.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Essential #DisabilityEmployment supports are made possible with essential #DisabilityData! Check out how data is advancing #HealthEquity for people with disabilities at essentialdata.us. #NDEAM
America's Essential Data
Highlighting examples of how our essential public data serve the American people.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The public data that we all rely on is under attack, from economic statistics 📈 to weather data🌪️. So we are sharing stories every day about how essential public data is. Calling all data nerds to add your favorite dataset to the collection at essentialdata.us 🤓
America's Essential Data
Highlighting examples of how our essential public data serve the American people.
essentialdata.us
August 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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New @npr.org explainer on the threats to food access with SNAP cuts: "The vast majority (of recipients) are children, working people, older Americans, veterans and people with disabilities. If SNAP shuts down, we will have the most mass hunger since the Great Depression." www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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ACA #Marketplace #OpenEnrollment starts Nov. 1st. Please note: Health insurance premiums are expected to increase this year, unless Congress acts to extend the enhanced premium tax credits. Subscribe to our newsletters to follow these policy developments: aahd.us/linktree/
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Do you need health coverage? The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment Period launches November 1st. Enroll by December 15th to begin coverage for January 1st. To start your application or re-apply: Visit HealthCare.gov; Call the Marketplace Call Center: 1-800-318-2596; TTY users: Call 1-855-889-4325. A Black non-binary hiker stands on a wooden deck with their cane, looking out into the surrounding forest.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Introducing our 2025 Frederick J. Krause #DisabilityHealth Scholars!
Dishita Agarwal @duke-university.bsky.social
Dana Fink – George Washington University
Rae Hartman Haight – @towsonu.bsky.social
Read more about their accomplishments and plans for the future: aahd.us/2025/10/2025...
#Disability
Meet our 2025 Scholars. We recognize students with disabilities who are working to advance the broad field of disability and health. Congrats to our 2025 scholarship recipients.
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Thank you to @stonybrooku.bsky.social School of Social Welfare, NY Law School, and all the people who powered the #DisabilitySqueeze Symposium! Read more about cost-of-living crisis facing the #disability community and the policy work ahead in our recap blog: aahd.us/2025/10/disa...
The cost of living as a disabled person is exponentially growing... The U.S. must reckon with its ableist policies and structures that trap and impoverish disabled people. Ms. Mia Ives-Rublee, Senior Director, Disability Justice Initiative. Center for American Progress. The Disability Squeeze Symposium 2025. Aerial view of an American city, with a neighborhood and industrial space on either sides of a major highway.
October 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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ATTN - NIH Directors fired, impacting health disparities research: "Some of the removed directors say they may have been targeted because their institutes funded studies touching on #DEI and HIV research, which administration officials had begun to cancel." www.science.org/content/arti...
After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired
Two leaders removed by Trump administration had hoped to stay at agency as in-house investigators
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October 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Healthcare is at the center of negotiations to avert a shutdown: "Senate Democrats have refused to back the spending bill...to force Republicans to negotiate on federal health care subsidies. They are pushing for an extension of ACA subsidies that are set to expire."
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/g...
Government to shut down after midnight barring last-minute breakthrough in Congress
Democrats and Republicans have been unable to resolve an impasse over federal health care spending. The government will shut down at the end of the day Tuesday barring a last-minute breakthrough.
www.npr.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Disability Research funded by NIDILRR improves community living and participation, health and function, and employment for people with disabilities. Full funding for NIDILRR is needed to improve health for all: aahd.us/2025/09/disa... #DisabilitySky #Disability #NIDILRR #ACL #DisabilityResearch
Disability Research - AAHD
High-quality disability research helps make important advances in policy, technology, and daily living to support people with disabilities. Good research requires comprehensive and accurate data, and…
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September 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Monday’s press conference with President Trump, RFK, and other members of HHS leadership contained false and harmful information about autism, acetaminophen, and vaccines. Read our full statement in formal language and plain language here: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/09/asan...
ASAN Condemns Administration's Rampant Misinformation about Autism, Acetaminophen, and Vaccines; Calls for Respectful, Fact-Based Approach - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
On September 22nd, President Trump, RFK, and other members of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership held a press conference that contained false and harmful information about…
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September 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Today, the President held a press conference with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other members of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership. During the press conference, speakers shared harmful, false information about autism, acetaminophen, and vaccines. An HHS that does not provide accurate information to the President and make safe, science-informed decisions puts us all at grave risk. ASAN will release a full statement about this in the coming days. Today and always: autistic people belong.
September 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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What is the #DisabilitySqueeze, and what can we do to drive policy change to reduce it? Check out the Disability Squeeze Symposium this Friday, and tune in to their podcast that dives deep into how costs of living are higher for our community at disabilitysqueeze.org. youtu.be/gzvrKxOYs40?...
September 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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On #WorldPatientSafetyDay, we participated in a Project PIVOT workshop hosted by @pfps-us.bsky.social where the Office of Inspector General launched a report on the need to improve patient safety in health care. Read the newest report in their series: oig.hhs.gov/reports/feat...
Nursing homes failed to report 43% of falls with major injury and hospitalization among Medicare-enrolled residents. HHS Office of Inspector General Report on Adverse Events in Clinical Care - SEPT 2025
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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We are proud to announce the public launch of our first Strategy Roadmap! This past year we went deep into visioning where we can lead in the collective work of advancing #DisabilityJustice and #HealthEquity. Read our Strategic Plan Summary + the full roadmap: aahd.us/about/strate... #Disability
AAHD presents our first strategic plan. Our focus areas: lead in disability research and health policy. Educate, engage and activate our networks. Disseminate disability health information. Explore our vision. Download our strategy roadmap to learn about our work ahead and how you can get involved. Presented by La Piana Consulting and the American Association on Health and Disability
September 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Join the Disability Squeeze Symposium (NYC + Zoom) on September 26th (11 AM – 3 PM ET)! Learn about the extra costs of disability and hear from leading advocates and policymakers. Register: DisabilitySqueeze.org #DisabilityResearch #DisabilityHealth #Disability
Save the Date - September 26. Disability Squeeze Symposium.
September 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"Living Independently, Participating Fully" is a new report detailing the current threats to the #disability community, including the proposed elimination of the Administration for Community Living and cuts to #Medicaid: lnkd.in/gmkKMY6z

#disabilitysky #IndependentLiving #Care #DirectCare #HCBS
Living Independently, Participating Fully. Defending against the Trump administration's attacks on people with disabilities. August 2025. Ed and Workforce Democrats. Illustration of a house with windows showing five people with disabilities.
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Self-Direction in care has become possible thanks in large part to #Medicaid HCBS. With cuts on the horizon, these programs will need additional support and advocacy to continue. Learn more: aahd.us/2025/08/poli... #disability #DisabilitySky
Self-Direction in Care - AAHD
The movement towards self-direction in essential programs for independent living is an important advancement for the civil rights of people with disabilities. Not only should disabled people have the…
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August 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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AUG 27 - The Portraits + Portals Project premieres! This virtual art show highlights the intersection of disability, race + disaster. Original works from 9 collaborations of disabled artists + disaster/ crisis survivors of color: tinyurl.com/portraitspor...
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A promotional flyer with portraits of nine disabled artists of color. Reads: “art exhibition. Join us August 27th at 2PM ET for the virtual premiere of Portraits & Portals — a powerful art showcase uplifting disabled artists of color and disabled disaster survivors of color. 08.27.2025 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET."
August 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Over 40% of wheelchair users report waiting 7 weeks or more for repairs. #RightToRepair can support the autonomy and #IndependentLiving of wheelchair users. Learn more about how Right to Repair is supporting community living and mobility for people with disabilities. #WheelchairUser #disability
August 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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ICYMI-Watch this interview with Maria Town of @aapd.com on the impact of coming cuts: "Rather than cutting from #Medicaid, we should be investing in Medicaid and other systems that support our kids, our families and our older adults to really live with dignity and thrive in their communities."
August 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Are you traveling to #APA2025 this weekend? Catch our presentation on "Advancing Disability Data in the U.S." featuring Scott Landes, Bonnielin Swenor, and Jean Hall. Moderated by AAHD's Anjali Forber-Pratt and Jacob Ditsch. Find us in Denver at 4pm this Friday, August 8th:
APA Convention 2025 | Perspectives Power Possibilities
Explore the vibrant community, impactful sessions, and cutting-edge learning at APA 2025, August 7-9, in Denver, Colorado.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Tune in for today's livestream of "Rehabilitation Research 2025": videocast.nih.gov

Some highlights (ET):
12:30 pm - Neurotech for #TBI / #SCI Recovery
1:30 pm - Bringing Rehab Therapy to the Community*
3:15 pm - New Opps/Challenges for Rehab*

*These conversations focus on #disability & care.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM