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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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New research makes plain the limitations of existing #DisabilityData measures. #DisabilityHealth researchers can use their recommended limitation statements to explain how ACS6 and WGSS data may not capture all people with disabilities.

Read the study #OpenAccess: academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Screenshot of the HealthAffairs Scholar article page for "Disability data: a case study in research limitation transparency".
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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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 [email protected] 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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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...
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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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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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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...
Hosted by @disasterstrat.bsky.social
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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Tomorrow!
"Rehabilitation Research 2025: Rehabilitation for All" will feature our Director of Research @anjalifp.bsky.social presenting on "Promoting Disability Perspectives in Rehab Research". Register now for this free virtual conference: web.cvent.com/event/d341a4... #disability #disabilitysky
Rehabilitation Research 2025: Rehabilitation for All. August 6, 2025. Hosed by NICHD.
August 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Keith Jones on #disability community solidarity during #DisabilityPrideMonth.
Keith Jones on Inclusive solidarity. If you're talking about acceptance and inclusion in the current state, there are a lot of migrants with disabilities that are getting caught up in this. They have no voice. Are we gonna speak for them? Community care looks like hope. It looks like reality. And it definitely looks like infinite possibilities to come out of this way better than we entered into it.
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Check out our conversation with Ashlee Brady-Kelly for #DisabilityPrideMonth. Read the full conversation: aahd.us/2025/07/dpm-... #disability
Ashlee Brady-Kelly on disability solidarity in health care. My job is not to educate everyone, but I'm absolutely going to be the one that speaks up. You’ve got to check your thought process, especially in a healthcare environment where it could harm someone.
July 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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HBD to #Medicaid, which covers 1 in 3 people w/ #disabilities, offers affordable benefits, #HCBS, + #LTSS. It's under threat b/c of over $900 billion in cuts over the next 10 years. Contact your state representatives + tell them that Medicaid = lifeline for the #disability community! #DisabilitySky
Medicaid Turns 60... But There is More Work to Be Done. Medicaid has expanded to cover groups like children, seniors, and people with disabilities. In the 2010s, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) used Medicaid to expand coverage even more. Medicaid covers nearly 80 million people, including 1 in 3 people with disabilities, with affordable benefits that cover: home and community-based (HCBS) and long-term support services (LTSS). Budget cuts from Congress will gut Medicaid by over $900 billion over the next 10 years threatening all progress made. Graphic of arrow in corner. Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA. 13 million people have both Medicare and Medicaid coverage and are considered "dually-eligible.” Medicaid can: Fill in financial gaps that Medicare does not, Cover LTSS and HCBS, Allow people with disabilities to live independently. Cuts to Medicaid could take away the financial assistance given to dually eligible people. Image of a Medicaid and Medicare insurance card. Budget Reconciliation of July 2025. Unfortunately, the recently passed reconciliation bill will be cutting Medicaid by over $900 billion over the next ten years. According to the Congressional Budget Office: Over 10 million people losing coverage through Medicaid, The removal of automatic coverage, increases in payments, and decreases in expanded eligibility. AAHD wants to make sure that the disability population knows how to advocate for their healthcare coverage. Image of the United States Capitol. How Can People with Disabilities Advocate for Medicaid? Decisions will now lie with state policymakers on how changes will be made. People with disabilities can take action by sharing their stories, contacting their state representatives + Medicaid agencies, and demanding protection + strengthening of Medicaid - not weakening it. State representatives need to hear from Medicaid users that they need to continue to protect + strengthen Medicaid for people with disabilities! Graphic of the United States in background. American Association on Health and Disability logo in corner.
July 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Check out our conversation with Jacqueline Luciano on Long COVID, #DisabilitySolidarity and #DisabilityJustice for #DisabilityPrideMonth. Read the interview: aahd.us/2025/07/dpm-... @breathing4justice.bsky.social
Jacqueline Luciano on disability solidarity and justice. The disability community has saved my life.
July 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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This is the last week to let your friends and networks know about the National Survey on Health and Disability from @ihdps.bluesky.social. Take the survey at kuhealthsurvey.org through the end of July.
We need more men to share their voice in the National Survey on Health and Disability. An elder man walks with walker across his living room.
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Check out our conversation with George Ramirez on Disability Community Care for #DisabilityPrideMonth: aahd.us/2025/07/dpm-... #disability
George Ramirez on disability community care. You have to be bold because the world is not built for us.
July 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The ADA National Network supports disability rights through 10 regional ADA Centers across the U.S. Each one offers free, confidential help with accessibility, training, and compliance: adata.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Happy #ADA35! 35 years ago the ADA became law, but the fight for #DisabilityJustice continues. Let’s build a future that’s truly accessible, inclusive, and equitable. What does the ADA mean to you? #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
The Americans with Disabilities Act at 35. The most important thing is that [the ADA] gave [disabled Americans] our civil rights. In other words, [prior to the ADA] people could openly tell us, because of your disability, we’re not going to hire you. They could do that openly, without suffering any consequences...having a civil rights law backing you up was the most significant thing the bill did. Former House Rep. Tony Coehlo, Americans with Disabilities Act primary author.
July 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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If you'd like to learn more about the research findings from the National Survey on Health and Disability @ihdps.bsky.social, explore their #PlainLanguage summaries: ihdps.ku.edu/nshd-publications. You can take the annual survey through the end of July at kuhealthsurvey.org.
Interested in research findings from the National Survey on Health and Disability? Find journal articles and plain language summaries at ihdps.ku.edu/nshd-publications. Take the survey at kuhealthsurvey.org.
July 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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We're marching with @ncil.bsky.social today to protect the federal services that make interdependent living possible for our communities! Support #disability programs, inclusion and belonging with us: ncil.org/news/announc... #DisabilityPrideMonth #IndependentLiving #ADA35
National Council on Independent Living march on the 35th anniversary of the ADA. A crowd of people walk and roll through an intersection in DC, with Marshals at the front.
July 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Don't miss the opportunity to make sure your health story informs the annual National Survey on Health and Disability. The survey is open from now through the end of July. Participate here this #DisabilityPrideMonth: kuhealthsurvey.org #disability
The National Survey on Health and Disability asks about disabilities and health conditions and when they began. A blind woman holding her guide cane.
July 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Funding for health-related social needs (or #SDOH) is at risk with looming cuts to #Medicaid and #Medicare. Meeting the health needs of our communities requires a holistic approach, now more than ever. Learn more: aahd.us/2025/07/heal...
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Health-Related Social Needs – Policy Focus 2025. American Association on Health and Disability logo.
July 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM