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⏰ Alabama’s voter registration deadline is Monday, October 19! Visit vote411.org to register, check your status, and make your plan to vote in the November 3 General Election. 🗳️

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 2h

🗳️ Accessible voting starts with accessible voter education! Yesterday, Judge James Cooper of Macon County showed participants how to use the ExpressVote accessible voting machine. Attendees also participated in a focus group about how we can help more people exercise their right to vote. 🗣️💬

At a voter education event, a presenter in a gray suit leans beside a seated participant wearing a bright pink shirt and demonstrates an ExpressVote accessible voting machine. The participant faces the machine’s touchscreen while the presenter points toward the machine’s controls. Another attendee sits nearby, and part of a League of Women Voters table covering is visible in the foreground.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🗳️ Alabama’s General Election is November 3! Make your voting plan, check your polling place’s accessibility, and tell us about any barriers you encounter. ♿ Take our polling accessibility survey: tinyurl.com/VoteAccess2026 Voting problem? Call or text 866-OUR-VOTE.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

📅 Join The Arc of Gulf Coast Alabama on October 28 at 6 p.m. for a free Zoom presentation about Special Needs Trusts, ABLE accounts, and planning for your loved one’s future. Scan the QR code to register!

Purple and white event graphic from The Arc of Gulf Coast Alabama’s EPIC program. “Special Needs Trusts, ABLE Accounts & Protecting Your Child’s Future” will be presented on Zoom by Jenny McInerney, Esq., of McInerney Law Firm, on Wednesday, October 28, at 6 p.m. Topics include Special Needs Trusts, ABLE accounts, legal tools to protect a loved one’s future, and beginning future-care planning with confidence. The graphic includes a portrait of a person in a gray blazer and a QR code for registration.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🎉 You spoke. We listened. Now, our 2027 Priorities are here! Thank you to people with disabilities, caregivers, community members, and stakeholders across all 67 Alabama counties who helped shape our work. 📣♿ 🔗 Visit adap.ua.edu and look under “Featured” to read our 2027 Priorities!

Square graphic announcing ADAP’s 2027 Priorities. Large text reads, “Our 2027 Priorities are here!” The graphic states that the priorities were shaped by input from people with disabilities, caregivers, community members, and stakeholders across all 67 Alabama counties. Icons highlight “Your Voices,” “Our Focus,” and “A More Inclusive Alabama.” A tilted image of the priorities report appears on the right. A coral box reads, “Read it on our website: adap.ua.edu.”

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📣 Applications are open for two federal caregiving advisory councils! The Administration for Community Living is seeking nominations for: (1/4)

📣 Applications are open for two federal caregiving advisory councils!

The Administration for Community Living is seeking nominations for:

🔹 RAISE Family Caregiving Advisory Council
Open to family caregivers, people with disabilities, older adults who use long-term services and supports, service providers, advocates, and other caregiving experts.

🔹 Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Open to grandparents, older relative and kinship caregivers, and professionals who support them.

Council members will help shape federal strategies and recommendations supporting family caregivers across the country.

📅 Deadline: October 14, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET

Learn more and review the nomination requirements:
https://acl.gov/programs/support-caregivers/raise-family-caregiving-advisory-council
To be considered for selection:
Nominations must include all requested information and attachments and be submitted electronically to RAISE.mail@acl.hhs.gov

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🚨 WE DID IT, ALABAMA! 67 OUT OF 67! 🚨 Thanks to all of you, ADAP’s Community Input Survey received responses representing EVERY COUNTY IN ALABAMA! 🎉🎉🎉

Heat map of Alabama showing Community Input Survey responses as of August 24, 2026. All 67 Alabama counties are represented. Each county is labeled with the county name and number of responses, with colors ranging from pale mint for lower totals through blue to lavender for higher totals. Jefferson County has the highest count with 61 responses. Madison County has 29; Lee, Mobile, and Montgomery counties each have 24; Shelby and Tuscaloosa counties each have 21; and Baldwin County has 14. Monroe County, the final county reached, has one response.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📣 Only two counties to go! Please share our Community Input Survey with your folks and help us hear from all 67 Alabama counties — especially anyone you know in Fayette or Monroe County! Find the survey here: universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Graphic titled “Community Input Survey Status: Almost There!” featuring a color-coded map of Alabama showing the number of survey responses received from each county. Responses have been received from 65 of Alabama’s 67 counties. Fayette and Monroe counties show zero responses. Jefferson County has the highest response total with 59, followed by Madison County with 28, Lee County with 24, Montgomery and Mobile counties with 23 each, Shelby County with 21, and Tuscaloosa County with 19.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🗳️ Voting in person today? Take our polling-place accessibility survey! Your feedback helps us identify which polling locations are accessible, where barriers exist, and what needs to be addressed. We need everyone’s help! ♿ Take the survey: universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🗳️ Alabama voters: A special primary election is tomorrow, Tuesday, August 11—but not everyone has a race on the ballot. You need to vote if you live in Alabama’s 1st, 2nd, 6th, or 7th Congressional District. Not sure? Check here: myinfo.alabamavotes.gov/voterview/ (1/3)

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨 WE STILL NEED YOUR INPUT🚨 We're getting close to the end of our community input period - record your response before it's too late! Survey link: tinyurl.com/ADAP2027

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Save the date for August's Alabama REVUP August coalition meeting! The August meeting will be on Zoom: When: August 10, 2026, 12pm CST Where: us06web.zoom.us/j/8817106018...

Graphic of the state of Alabama with REVUP written on the state image. Text reads: August Coalition Meeting.

Details:
Join the Alabama REVUP coalition meeting!

The August meeting will be on Zoom:
When: August 10, 2026, 12pm CST
Where: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88171060189?pwd=c9aP669Tuyjh1mdbTeqXExb9XU0wuW.1

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As Disability Pride Month comes to a close, we celebrate the strength, joy, and leadership of people with disabilities. Here at ADAP, we know: Disability pride does not end in July. ♿

Graphic from the National Disability Rights Network that reads:
Disability Pride is joy, Disability Pride is resistance

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Happy 36th birthday to the ADA! 🎉 For 36 years, the ADA has protected the rights of people with disabilities. As Alabama’s Protection and Advocacy organization, we’re proud to keep fighting for access, inclusion, and equal rights for all.

Graphic of cartoon people with disabilities with text that reads “Happy 36th birthday to the ADA”

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Every child deserves to play, learn, and grow up in safe, loving homes — in their own community. Not segregated in institutions. Today, that's one step closer to reality for kids with disabilities in Alabama's foster system. 🧵

LEGAL VICTORY

ADVOCATES CELEBRATE
SETTLEMENT TO END ALABAMA'S
ILLEGAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION
OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
STAND UP FOR KIDS

Disability Rights are Human Rights

CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES - AND TO LIVE AND
GROW IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE
SETTING, WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
A federal judge has approved a settlement
agreement establishing new safeguards to
protect children with mental health
disabilities in Alabama's foster system
against unnecessary institutionalization.
Children placed in psychiatric residential
treatment facilities (PRTFs) are isolated
from their communities and loved ones -
where they're more likely to languish,
separated from siblings, and
for abuse and neglect.

UNDER THE SETTLEMENT, THE
STATE OF ALABAMA MUST:
Institute standardized assessments for
children at risk of PRTF placement,
requiring a doctor to sign off.

Strengthen Individualized Service
Planning (ISP) through six-month
quality reviews to ensure children's
care plans meet professional standards.

Whenever possible, place children in
community and family settings,
ensuring that group placements do not
exceed 7% of those in state custody.

For far too long, children with
disabilities in Alabama's foster care
system have been separated from
their communities and denied
meaningful childhood experiences.
THE APPROVED SETTLEMENT MARKS
A NECESSARY SHIFT TOWARDS
INTEGRATION, PAVING THE WAY FOR
ALL CHILDREN TO LEARN, PLAY AND
GROW IN THEIR COMMUNITIES - NOT
INSTITUTIONS.
CLAIRE SHERBURN

Senior Supervising Attorney
Southern Poverty Law Center

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It’s that time again! 🗣️ We’re gathering community input to help shape ADAP’s priorities for the coming year! If you’re a person with a disability, a loved one, or a community member, check out the survey, join a focus group, or share your feedback in a way that works best for you!

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s Election Day - polls are open 7-7! Report on accessibility while you’re there: As a P&A, part of our job is helping make sure our polling locations are accessible. You can help by taking our accessibility survey after you cast your ballot! Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/VoteAccess2026

It’s Election Day!

Report on accessibility while you’re there:
As a P&A, part of our job is helping make sure our polling locations are accessible. You can help by taking our accessibility survey after you cast your ballot!

Take the survey here: tinyurl.com/VoteAccess2026

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Important election information! Primary elections are on MAY 19. Absentee voting: - May 14: LAST DAY to apply for an absentee ballot IN PERSON - May 18: LAST DAY to turn in an absentee ballot IN PERSON - May 19: LAST DAY for a mailed absentee ballot. Head to sos.alabama.gov for more!

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

2026 AL AHEAD Spring Workshop EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INNOVATION: SELF-ADVOCACY STRATEGIES & AI TOOLS FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 10 A.M. - 3 P.M. Register: buff.ly/kvqkTZB

2026 AL AHEAD Spring Workshop

EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INNOVATION: SELF-ADVOCACY STRATEGIES & AI TOOLS
FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 10 A.M. - 3 P.M.

DR. RACHEL THOMPSON, Director of UA's Center for Instructional Technology
Session: Innovation in Action: How Al Empowers Students and Staff

TAMMY BLUE, Case Manager with Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program
Session: Advocacy in Action: Equipping Students for Lifelong Empowerment

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Save the Date - Upcoming UAB RAN Events

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The AUCD Policy Glossary provides plain language definitions of commonly used policy and advocacy terms, organized A–Z. www.aucd.org/policy-terms...

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Two amazing ADAPers! Cecilia Ballinger speaking at the annual ADHD Conference at the University of Alabama (first photo), also pictured beside Christina Norris at the ADAP table (second photo)!

Cecilia pictured beside Christina Norris at the ADAP table

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Happy Holidays! We’ll return to the office on January 2nd, 2026! Please note: we will be monitoring our voicemail and waitlist while our office is closed, so you can still leave a message or head to our website! (800.826.1675, adap.ua.edu)

Cartoon people celebrating the holidays, with some snowflakes and presents.
Text:

Happy Holidays! We’ll return to the office on January 2nd, 2026!

Please note: we will be monitoring our voicemail and waitlist while our office is closed, so you can still leave a message or head to our website!

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🚨 From the Alabama Parent Education Center:🚨 Join Us for an Open House! 🎄 🕞 When: Thursday, December 11th, 2025, 3:30pm - 6:00pm 📍 Where:Open House will be held at our office located at: Alabama Parent Education Center 10520 US Highway 231 Wetumpka, AL 36092

Candy cane and Christmas tree graphic - text in post.

Lunch and Learn flyer - text is in post.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We wish all of you a happy, heartfelt, and healthy Thanksgiving holiday! Our office will be closed tomorrow and Friday. We’ll be back on Monday, December 1st!

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Applications are open for the Medicaid Beneficiary Advisory Committee! Anyone with experience can apply. The Agency is looking for: Current or former Alabama Medicaid recipients Family members of recipients Paid or unpaid caregivers of recipients MORE INFO here: buff.ly/i5ELYNL

medicaid.alabama.gov

Alabama Medicaid

A variety of boards, committees and workgroups meet throughout the year to advise the Agency on clinical and program policy issues. To view archived boards, committees and workgroup view the…

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

You can tune in line to this tele-town hall for a 2026 legislative session preview! This event is sponsored by AARP of Alabama. When: Thursday, Nov. 13th at 11am Where: Toll-free at 855.436.3547 OR facebook.com/alabama.aarp

Red and white flyer -

Hosts: Candi Williams, State Director, AARP Alabama, Anna Pritchett, State Advocacy, AARP Alabama
Guests: Nathaniel Ledbetter, Speaker, Alabama House of Representatives, Sen. Garlan Gudger, President Pro Tempore, Alabama Senate, Rep. Ginny Shaver, Committee Chair, Children & Senior Advocacy, Alabama House of Representatives

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The People's Justice Council, Rebuilding Together of South Alabama, and We Rise present a Home Energy Renovation Workshop for Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington counties! When: January 20th, from 9am-3pm Where: Jackson Library, 213 College Ave, Jackson, AL. You can register here: buff.ly/yAs2gST

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Governor Kay Ivey enacted several proclamations this week - ADAP Executive Director Shannon Shelley-Tremblay attended the signing and is pictured here! National Disability Employment Awareness Month: buff.ly/Zgl5Gp2 Family Caregivers Month: buff.ly/AMTJaMd

Governor Kay Ivey signing a proclamation at a desk, surrounded by disability advocates.

Governor Kay Ivey and disability advocates around a desk, smiling for the camera.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Have you checked out Accessing Potential Through Assistive Technology (APTAT)? They help people of all ages discover and access assistive tech! You can learn more about them here: accessingpotential.org

Text reads: Discover What's Possible with Assistive Technology - we help people of all ages discover and access the assistive technology they need to live, learn, work, and thrive. Text is next to a picture of a Black woman in an office or classroom setting, smiling and using a device.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

NDRN is gathering stories outlining the voting experiences of people with disabilities. ESPECIALLY if you have ever voted absentee or using a mail-in ballot, NDRN would love to hear from you! Share your experience here → buff.ly/D92XfNP

This image is blue with a red absentee ballot pictured at the bottom. The text reads: "Absentee and mail-in ballots are vital tools for many voters with disabilities. If they've helped you cast your vote, tell us about it!

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Fox 6 had a great spotlight last night on Abilities at Work - a whole 30-minute spotlight on disabilities in the workplace! Arc of AL: buff.ly/qcTpuCl AIDB: buff.ly/gsDLTlS Lakeshore Foundation: buff.ly/3s73LoE United Ability: buff.ly/GymBPmL WEInc: buff.ly/w3cmohV

A Black man in a bright orange shirt using a watering can on plants.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

ADAP will be at the Assistive Technology Complex today until 1pm! Come say hello to us at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC, 2100 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203)! Pictured, from left: Tammy Blue, Cecilia Ballinger, and Christina Norris, all smiling at the camera!

Three people wearing conference badges, smiling from behind a table with ADAP brochures, flyers, and other fun ADAP items!

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

What issues do you care about most? Chances are, they’re on the ballot this year. State and local elections will determine these issues for your community, and make a real impact on your everyday life. ADAP celebrated National Disabilities Voter Registration Week this past weekend in Huntsville!

A graphic reads, “Know Your Rights. Know Your Power.” The body text of the graphic reads: “Vote privately and independently; Vote in a way that is accessible to you; tip: if you vote in person, ask to use the accessible voting machine or ballot marking device!; Get help with any part of the voting process from a person you choose; Note: States may have rules about who can or cannot help you vote. Check your state laws when you make your plan.” The graphic features an image of a young Black woman with red dreads in a manual wheelchair. She wears a REV UP t-shirt and is holding a sign that says, “I vote because why not me”

A Black person, a white person, and three Asian people pose together smiling at the camera. They are all wearing REV UP t-shirts. Above them is the title “Every Election Your Vote Matters.” Below their photo is a text box that reads: Local politics shape our lives: state officials decide how Medicaid and Medicare work; city councils and city officials make decisions around transportation, housing, parks, policing and more; School boards decide program funding and education policies.” A banner at the bottom reads: Disability Voting Rights Week, aapd.com/disability-voting-rights-week.

Voting Rights Advocate Nicky Watkins at the ADAP table, smiling for the camera - the table is covered in ADAP flyers, stickers, and other assorted items. Pictured also is the RevUp banner. RevUp is the American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) voter education and registration coalition, of which ADAP (among others) is a proud member!

A family of people, all with disabilities, who came to the market and were very excited to learn about our presence there. (Not pictured are another family member and a grandmother, also with disabilities, but a little camera-shy!)

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Check out our amazing new video content on how the Client Assistance Program (CAP) can help you! It's featured on the front page of our website. You can check it out here: adap.ua.edu

Cartoon image of a Black woman in a wheelchair, with a colorful bubble that says "CAP" and shows two hands shaking one another. The bubble has cartoon arms, and one is reaching around another colorful bubble that says "Vocational Rehabilitation" (implying CAP can help you work with VR to get what you need).

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) is looking for a parent or caregiver of a child with special health care needs! ADRS is looking for Local Parent Consultants for their Birmingham and Selma offices Interested? Email your resume’ to financedirector@eastersealsca.org!

A happy child with a disability and mobility device, surrounded by smiling parents or caregivers. Text reads: Provide information, training, and support to families of children with special health care needs. Birmingham & Selma - Children's Rehabilitation Services, a division of the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

On Saturday, September 13, we are coming together to celebrate Disability Voting Rights Week (DVRW)! Where: Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment District, First Floor Connector Space Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Flyer with yellow and red paint background with lots of text and logos of sponsors.
"Voting is Community Care. National Disability Voting Rights Week (DVRW). Voter registration, Express Vote Demos, "Ask an Election Worker", Overcoming barriers, Girl Scout Civics Bingo, Building Advocacy Skills, TheAlabamaChannel.org Demos, Hands-on Activities, and more!"
Saturday, September 13, 2025: 12pm-4pm
in the Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment 1st Floor Connector Space, 2211 Seminole Dr. SW, Huntsville, AL 35805
For more info: https://bit.ly/DVRWHuntsville

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Ever wonder how to start meaningful conversations about disability and neurodivergence at work? Join ReelAbilities for an interactive film experience! When: September 18, 2025, 1pm EST (12pm Central) Where: Zoom (Register here: jccmanhattan-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi... )

UPCOMING WEBINAR

Stories That Spark Change:
An Interactive Film Experience on Workplace Inclusion
September 18, 2025 | 1:00 PM ET

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

ADAP Executive Director Shannon Shelley-Tremblay, Congresswoman Terri Sewell, and Representative Curtis Travis of Alabama’s 72nd district talk together about disability rights and issues important to our community at Rep. Sewell’s “Congress in your Community” tour!

Executive Director Shannon Shelley-Tremblay, Congresswoman Terri Sewell, and Representative Curtis Travis posing for the camera and smiling.

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

GO VOTE TODAY! You have until 7pm before the polls close! Let us know about your experience and report on the accessibility of your polling location: tinyurl.com/AccessReporting

Colorful bubble graphic:
Hey…it’s VOTING DAY!
You have until 7pm today to cast your ballots!
Use the link to: tell us about your polling location; is it accessible?
This helps us talk with election officials about making our polling locations accessible for ALL OF US!
Report on Access; tinyurl.com/AccessReporting

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ADAP @adapalabama.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Municipal elections are almost here! Check out our Insta story on upcoming Alabama elections! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 www.instagram.com/stories/adap...

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