Are you Disabled, employed or with concerns about entering the workforce : AAPD is looking for your story

Are you considering taking a higher paying job or a promotion but would end up losing your health care and other public benefits if you earned more? Are you not on any government assistance but your salary does not help you fully cover your personal care needs? Are you graduating and/or have a job offer but worried that you won’t be able to access the services and supports to be able to go to work?

If this sounds like you, then tell AAPD your story - CLICK FOR SURVEY

Help us create a powerful narrative that will help elected and appointed officials better understand the choices you face as a person with a disability. Your story is the most powerful tool we have for creating change. Whether we are making our case with a Congressional staffer, a member of the press, or our neighbors, we are most successful when we can describe the real human impact of an issue—and give the issue a name and a face.

In particular, we are looking to tell the following stories. Can you relate to any of these situations?

Someone who fears that if they earn or save too much that they will be denied or lose access to the services and supports they need;

Someone who is forced to give up trying to find work and be economically independent due to fear of losing the services and supports that only come through Medicaid;

Someone who is working but pays for personal assistance and/or other health related services out of pocket because health care insurance does not cover the cost of these services;

A college graduate or someone with a job offer who could earn a decent living and leave government assistance but fears losing the services and supports that makes living and working in the community possible;

A college graduate or someone with a job offer who wants to avoid applying for Medicaid just to get the services and supports that are not available through health care insurance.

If so, share your story and help AAPD educate your fellow Americans about the powerful, ambitious, excellent person you are, and help us break down stereotypes and show lawmakers that there is a better way.

Submit your story today by filling out a quick survey

Thank you,

Henry Claypool
Executive Vice President
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)