American Association on Health and Disability

12/04/2025

Don’t assume that health coverage is out of reach for you. Open Enrollment is the perfect time to check the marketplace. You may be surprised to find a plan that covers your health care needs! Visit healthcare.gov for a plan that’s right for you.

Photo Credit: Disabled and Here

12/04/2025

Brandeis University is doing a research study about how young people with disabilities take care of their sexual health. You must be between 15 - 25 years old to participate. Learn more here: https://tinyurl.com/SRH-Study or send an email to youthstudy@brandeis.edu.

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12/03/2025

This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, remember: if we want to make real progress that supports the health of people with disabilities, that means ending poverty, creating fair employment, and building truly welcoming communities. Disability inclusion must be at the center of everything we do. It’s not just the goal; It’s the only way we get there.

Photo: Disabled And Here. Taken by Gritchelle Fallesgon.

11/24/2025

11/21/2025

'Know someone who's leading the movement for a just and caring healthcare system? Then, nominate them for the 2026 Bernard Lown Award for Social Responsibility! Given to a young clinician who demonstrates bold leadership in social justice, health care reform, environmental justice, global peace, or other humanitarian efforts, the award comes with a $25,000 prize.

Nominations will be accepted through January 15, 2026.

Don't wait! Nominate @ https://lowninstitute.org/projects/bernard-lown-award-for-social-responsibility/

11/19/2025

Your health needs are complex, and our health systems must be able to see your needs holistically. Learn how advances in Whole Person Health can improve health outcomes for people with disabilities in our newest policy blog:

Even with the most expensive health care system in the world, health outcomes in the United States are low across many measures. What kind of changes need to happen in our care delivery system to shift these trends? In this next installment in our policy priorities blog series, we’re looking at em...

11/17/2025

“One of the things that really gives me joy is the fact that there are so many amazing, brilliant, creative disabled people out there, But part of my rage — and it’s a very real rage — is that most people don’t really know about them.” Alice Wong is someone whose words have nourished so much of the disability justice movement, and we're grateful to her for seeding so much love and community into this work. Know her story, and join us in sharing some of her work, as we carry it forward together: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/alice-wong-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1U8.E_rS.dhfjEMzW2pBn&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwY2xjawOIKnVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFVdFk3Y3lYRWZSSHByeEpmc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MghjYWxsc2l0ZQIzMAABHs-Nk4gBVSWDb_lOOKM3UBsS7Ct_SC4cy1auKinmVzr_ljvCKWXYGTUN79b6_aem_Z6XUUCw64occdM810IffLQ

Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. https://nyti.ms/3LzOJaj

11/05/2025

Now through 2028, the DeafYES! Center for Deaf Empowerment and Recovery at UMass Chan Medical School is recruiting , , , and Hard of Hearing individuals across the U.S. for a research study on trauma and addiction. Email SignsOfSafety@umassmed.edu to learn more.

Watch the announcement in ASL: https://youtu.be/FWLBTMWmM8E?si=DyS-N7hGAF9wKVzq

We are proud to share this opportunity through our Research Listserv, a mailing list sharing participatory health research studies of interest to the disability community. New subscribers can sign up for the list on AAHD's Newsletter Subscription page: https://bit.ly/AAHD-Subscribe

11/04/2025

Three years ago today, we lost Lois Curtis – a woman who had a huge impact on disability rights. Today, we remember her legacy. Read our statement remembering her: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2022/11/asan-remembers-lois-curtis/

11/03/2025

Want to participate in health-related research studies relevant to you? AAHD is proud to announce the launch of our new 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

11/03/2025

10/28/2025

Check out this explainer on what's at stake with disruptions to SNAP benefits coming this week, and the threat of work requirements for recipients, starting in November:
"The vast majority (of recipients) are children, working people, older Americans, veterans and people with disabilities, If the SNAP program shuts down, we will have the most mass hunger suffering we've had in America since the Great Depression."

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.