National Council on Disability

The National Council on Disability ( NCD) was founded in 1978 as an advisory body within the Ministry of Education of the United States, has the mission to offer equal opportunities for disabled people. The NCD has 15 members who are nominated directly by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate of the United States. An extension of the Rehabilitation Act of 1984 made ​​the NCD into an independent institution.

The main objective of this institution is to enable people with disabilities to participate in all areas of life and to live a self -determined life.

Fields of activity

According to the Statute of the NCD, the institution shall:

  • Review and evaluation of policies, programs and procedures of the Federal Government in relation to disabled people.
  • Review and evaluation of the statutes and regulations relating to government programs that people with disabilities are to benefit, to ensure that these meet the needs of disabled people.
  • Review and evaluation of emerging policies at national and at community and private sector level that affect disabled people. This happens for example in terms of care, personal assistance, Inclusive Education and in relation to the effect of these efforts on people with disabilities.
  • Publication of recommendations to the President, the Congress, the Ministry of Education, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and other government institutions.
  • Advice to the Congress with recommendations, draft laws and other information that appear to the NCD or Congress appropriate.
  • Collecting information about the enforcement, the effectiveness and impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Advising the President, Congress, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research on the development of programs to be run under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
  • Advice of the Commissioner for the policies and management of the Rehabilitation Services Administration.
  • Issuing recommendations to the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research in relation to disabled people.
  • Advice to the Interagency Disability Coordinating Council in relation to the priorities of the activities and review of recommendations for legislative and administrative changes.
  • Preparation and submission of an annual report to the President and the Congress.

Activities

Meanwhile, numerous government organizations deal with issues that people with disabilities relate to the NCD is distinguished by the fact that he is the only government organization that is tasked to analyze the current policy regarding relevant in the disability sector issues, and on this basis recommendations issue.

The NCD has played a key role in the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Since then, the NCD helps to enable disabled persons to participate in a number of areas.

History

1978, a small advisory body within the U.S. Department of Education, the National Council on the Handicapped was promoted to the status of an independent federal agency. The resulting compound federal agency called the National Council on Disability (NCD ), and thus instructed all federal laws and programs affecting people with disabilities, to examine and assess the extent to which disabled people by allowing equal participation in social life. These estimates serve as a basis for recommendations for draft legislation. In conclusion, the NCD undertook to present the results of his work to the President and Congress in the form of a report. The NCD is composed of 15 members, whose term of office lasts two years.

In the 1970 years, a change of benevolent behavior towards people with disabilities to disability rights took place and the NCD played a crucial role in the enforcement of relevant legal foundations.

The main merit of the NCD is to bundle issues that affect people with disabilities, and to incorporate them into the decision-making processes. The NCD disseminated through its website, the NCD Bulletin and mailing lists relate to important information on topics that people with disabilities and works with other disability organizations and the media together.

Members of the National Council on Disability

Linda weather, chairman; Patricia Pound, first vice-chairman; Marylyn Howe, Second Vice- Chairman; Victoria Ray Carlson; Robert R. Davila, Ph.D.; Graham Hill; Lisa Matt Heiss; Heather McCallum; Katherine O. McCary; Lonnie Moore; Anne M. Rader; Tony J. Williams.

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