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Mark Perriello, President and CEO of AAPD, interviewed on Media Matters Radio
Media Matters Radio on Sirius XM 127 interviewed Mark Perriello, President and CEO of AAPD, on Saturday, September 21st. The discussion focused on media biases against people with mental health conditions in the gun violence debate.
To listen to the interview, please click here (requires registration and a free trial to SiriusXM).
Henry Claypool, Executive Vice President of AAPD, co-authored a blog on long-term care
Henry Claypool, Executive Vice President of AAPD and Federal Long-Term Care Commissioner appointed by the White House, co-authored a blog by fellow Commissioner Judy Feder and joined by the other Commissioners who authored the alternative report to the Federal Commission on Long-Term Care.
To read the blog, please click here.
AAPD released two new fact sheets on our policy priorities for health care
AAPD released two new fact sheets: one which recommends a pilot program that would begin to provide a pathway to long-term services and supports, and one which recommends improving Medicaid for low-income Americans with disabilities to end the institutional bias in the Medicaid program.
To read the fact sheets, please click here.
Disability Mentoring Day activities
Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) is observed every third Wednesday of October in celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. DMD is a program that connects students and job seekers with disabilities to thousands of mentors each year. To raise awareness and generate excitement for this event, AAPD is posting career tips on LinkedIn all throughout the month of October. To see all the career tips and connect with us on LinkedIn, please click here.
This year, AAPD will host a local DMD launch event in partnership with Accenture on Wednesday, October 16th. The half day program hosted in Ballston, VA will provide students an opportunity to learn first-hand from Accenture employees about different work experiences through two mentoring sessions. Accenture is a management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing company with clients in the public and private sector. College and high school students can sign up by emailing aabosedra@aapd.com. The event will be live tweeted @AAPD. For more information, please click here.
AAPD is currently seeking volunteer DMD coordinators to build partnerships with various members of their local communities and create events that serve as an introduction to the workplace for many people with disabilities. For more information, please click here. To sign up to be a DMD coordinator, please click here.
For more information on DMD, please click here.
In the News
With enemies like these, who needs facts? Our Family Security (10/7)
60 Minutes report denounced for disability misinformation. Media Matters (10/7)
Crime victims with mental disabilities ignored, research suggests. BBC News (10/6)
Looking for a triple crown: wheelchair racer could be first to win 3 major marathons in a season. The New York Times (10/10)
10 infuriating and all too common ADA violations that need to stop.
Huffington Post (10/8)
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