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The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an advisory agency on disability policy in the United States for all levels of government and for private sector entities.. NCD is an independent agency of the United States government headquartered in Washington, D.C.
The disability community faces higher rates of poverty and lower rates of employment in the workforce, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Council on Disability.
Ari Daniel Ne'eman (/ n eɪ ə ˈ m ɑː n /; born December 10, 1987) is an American disability rights activist and researcher who co-founded the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2006. [1] On December 16, 2009, President Barack Obama announced that Ne'eman would be appointed to the National Council on Disability. [2]
Claudia L. Gordon (born March 1972) is the first deaf Black female attorney in the United States and the first deaf graduate of American University's law school. [1] She currently serves as Chair of the National Council on Disability as well as Senior Accessibility Strategy Partner at T-Mobile within its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team. [2]
She was recently named vice chair of the National Council on Disability. Chair Claudia Gordon said in a press release that Emily is the right person for the job. Emily brings an “abundance of ...
As Executive Director of the National Council on Disability (NCD) in the mid-1980s, reporting to presidentially appointed Council members notably including Vice Chairman Justin Dart Jr., Frieden oversaw the work of Robert Burgdorf in writing the first drafts of what was to become the ADA.
In 2004, the National Council on Disability, an independent Federal agency charged with making recommendations to the President and Congress, issued a report called "Righting the ADA." [ 14 ] This report detailed various ways that the courts had misinterpreted Congressional intent and limited the reach of the ADA, and proposed legislative ...
The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), formerly National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons or NCWDP, is the government body which focuses on the activities, issues, and concerns that are related to PWDs in the country. Their priority is to track and perform laws to ensure the protection of PWDs' political and civil rights.
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