is the largest national
nonprofit cross-disability
member organization in the
United States, dedicated to
ensuring economic
self-sufficiency and political
empowerment for the more than 56
million Americans with
disabilities. AAPD works in
coalition with other disability
organizations for the full
implementation and enforcement
of disability nondiscrimination
laws, particularly the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) of
1990 and the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973.