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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.).
PCPID logo as of 2017. The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) is an advisory body that provides assistance to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on public policy issues related to intellectual disability. [1]
In the United States, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are organizational frameworks that seek to promote the fair treatment and full participation of all people, particularly groups who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination based on identity or disability. [1]
Due to 17 years of development through case law, Congress believed the requirements of the definition were well understood. Within the framework established under the Rehabilitation Act, courts treated the determination of disability as a threshold issue, but focused primarily on whether unlawful discrimination had occurred.
Her final appointment in the Obama administration was as Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy at the Administration for Community Living at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [12] On April 16, 2013, she became the executive director of the National Council on Disability by appointment of NCD Chairperson Jeff Rosen.
He chaired the council's Policy & Program Evaluation Committee making him the first autistic person to serve on the council. [4] In 2015, Ne'eman left the National Council on Disability at the end of his second term. [5] He currently serves as a consultant to the American Civil Liberties Union. [6]
The majority of high quality health services are distributed among the wealthy people in society, leaving those who are poor with limited options. In order to change this fact and move towards achieving health equity, it is essential that health care increases in areas or neighborhoods consisting of low socioeconomic families and individuals. [35]
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]