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In 1978, NCD was created under the original name of the National Council on the Handicapped. It was set up as an advisory body to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by the Comprehensive Services and Disability Amendments Act of 1978 as an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 780 et seq.).
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On October 17, 2020, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act (S.2661) was signed into law by President Trump to support the implementation of the hotline. [12] Disability advocates, calling for equity, petitioned the FCC to implement text-to-988 service for deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-disabled people. [13]
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American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services. American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) (1975) – coalition of local, state and national disability organizations. [1]
Named for disability rights activist Paul G. Hearne, who served as director of the National Council on Disability, founded the first legal services office for the disabled, directed Just One Break Inc. from 1979 to 1989, and contributed to the drafting of the historic Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. [21]
From 1953 to 1973 the organization was called the National Association for Retarded Children. President John F. Kennedy addressing the NARC in 1963. President Richard Nixon meeting with the 1972 poster child of the NARC. From 1973 to 1981, the name was changed to the "National Association for Retarded Citizens".