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    National Council on Disability Recommends U.S. Ratification of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 20th Anniversary of International Day for Persons with Disabilities
      December 03, 2012
      
        





      
      
        



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    NCD Issues Groundbreaking Report "Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children"
      September 27, 2012
      
        





      
      
        



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    Statement of NCD on the 22nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
      July 26, 2012
      
        





      
      
        



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    NCD Honors Life, Legacy of Justin Dart
      June 22, 2012
      
        





      
      
        



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    Statement by the National Council on Disability on the 19th Observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3, 2011
      December 03, 2011
      
        





      
      
        



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    NCD Urges Elimination of Electric Shock and Other Aversive Punishments
      July 18, 2011
      
        





      
      
        



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    Federal Agency Calls for Elevated Role of Small Office within U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Creating Developmental Disabilities Policy
      February 15, 2011
      
        





      
      
        



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    National Council on Disability to Present Developmental Disabilities Act Report Findings at Disability Policy Seminar
      February 11, 2011
      
        





      
      
        



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    Tomorrow: National Summit on Disability Policy to Convene in Washington, DC
      July 26, 2010
      
        





      
      
        



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    National Council on Disability Says Let People with Psychiatric Disabilities Become Part of the American Dream
      March 17, 2008
      
        





      
      
        



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