 American Association of People with Disabilities
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2008 |
Media contact: Rebecca Panoff Communications Manager AAPD Office: (202) 508-3783 E-mail: aapdrebecca (at) earthlink (dot) net |
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Senator John McCain Confirms Participation in Disability Issue Forum
McCain Will Participate Via Satellite from Arizona for Speech, Question and Answer Session
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican presidential candidate John McCain has confirmed he will participate in The National Forum on Disability Issues, a non-partisan presidential forum organized by the Ohio Disability Vote Coalition (ODVC) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26, in Columbus, Ohio.
McCain has agreed to share his vision for the future of disability policy in America to this influential voting bloc - more than 37 million people with disabilities are eligible to vote in the U.S. He will also answer questions posed by the forum moderator, news anchor and journalist Judy Woodruff ("The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.”)
AAPD, the Ohio Disability Vote Coalition and the more than 70 sponsors of this event continue to work with the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to secure his participation in this historic event.
For more information about the forum visit the AAPD website, www.aapd.com.
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The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the country's largest cross-disability membership organization, organizes the disability community to be a powerful voice for change – economically, politically, and socially. AAPD was founded in 1995 to help unite the diverse community of people with disabilities, including their family, friends and supporters, and to be a national voice for change in implementing the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To learn more, visit the AAPD website: www.aapd.com.