2026 Leadership Symposium
February 22 – 25, 2026
ATAP and the AT3 Center are hosting the 2026 Leadership Symposium at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC in February 2026.
- Contact the AT3 Center or visit the Events page for registration information.
- Please provide any accommodations requests, including captioning or sign language interpreters, in advance to jamie.anderson@ataporg.org.
National AT Awareness Day
The National Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness Day commemorates the importance and vital role AT plays in the lives of people with disabilities and older adults. This day reinforces the necessary support and funding the federal government provides to ensure people receive the assistive technology necessary to engage in education, employment, and community living. For more information about National AT Awareness Day please visit our web page.
ATAP Hill Day
In conjunction with the Leadership Symposium, ATAP members can spend a day on Capitol Hill. The day begins with a Hill briefing where ATAP members hear directly from Hill staff working on important policy issues of interest to members. Following this event, ATAP members meet with their state delegations to share their message of the importance of State Assistive Technology programs and to inform and educate staff and members about what their program is doing in their districts and states.
ATAP Annual Recognition Award
Beginning in 2015, ATAP initiated what has become an annual award to one Capitol Hill staffer that has worked to help people with disabilities and/or the Assistive Technology Act directly. This award is given each year during ATAP’s annual day on Capitol Hill.
ATAP Annual Award 2023
Sarah Mueller, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT)
During ATAPs February 2023 Membership Meeting, ATAP was honored to award Sarah Mueller the ATAP Congressional Staff Award for 2023. Sarah was instrumental in the reauthorization of the Assistive Technology Act and ATAP worked closely with her through this process. Sarah serves as a Disability Policy Director on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, where she advises on disability policy matters across the Committee’s jurisdiction including on the Americans with Disabilities Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and much more related to issues impacting people with disabilities. As a sibling to a sister with an intellectual disability, Sarah has a passionate dedication to serving and advancing economic and social justice policies for people with disabilities.
