Stevie Wonder to Accept AAPD Image Award

posted on Feb 25 by Stacy in the Advocacy, Disability News category

On March 10, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington D.C., legendary musician and recording artist Stevie Wonder will be awarded the American Association of People with Disabilities Image Award. (AAPD).  This will be the first time the AAPD has honored an entertainer whose personal example helps to improve the way people with disabilities are perceived by society.  Blind since infancy, Stevie Wonder has won 25 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the Song Writers Hall of Fame.  Because of his work with the disability community, as well as the anti-apartheid movement, he was chosen as the United Nations Messenger of Peace on International Day of Persons with Disabilities in 2009.
“Stevie Wonder is a global leader who has used his extraordinary talents to be an ambassador for civil rights and social justice,” said Andrew J Imparato, President and CEO of AAPD. “We’re thrilled to be able to recognize his achievements with this inaugural award.”
Founded in 1995, the American Association of People with Disabilities has been a voice for change, politically, economically, and socially.  They have helped unite the diverse community of people with disabilities.

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