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2015 Newsroom Posts
 Happy Holidays and New Year from NCD Chair Clyde Terry
 Strength in Serving Tribal People with Disabilities: Mrs. Ela Yazzie-King
 NCD Statement on the 40th Anniversary of IDEA
 NCD Celebrates the Life of Amber Buckley-Shaklee
 Self-Driving Cars the Focus of Latest Report from the National Council on Disability
 NCD Quarterly Newsletter - Fall 2015 
 
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 Lt. Colonel Daniel M. Gade, Ph.D. Appointed to the National Council on Disability by Speaker of the House of Representatives 
 
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 Clyde Terry Appointed New Chairperson of the National Council on Disability 
 
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 NCD Mourns the Passing of Richard Devylder
 As Medicare and Medicaid Reach 50, the National Council on Disability Reaffirms Guiding Principles for Improving and Preserving Medicaid Managed Care
 www.ncd.gov is Currently Experiencing Extensive Technical Difficulties
 As the U.S. Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, National Council on Disability Issues Annual Progress Report 
 
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 Nat’l Council on Disability Applauds Maria Town’s Appointment as Associate Director to the Office of Public Engagement at the White House
 New Federal Report Explores Ways to Break the School To Prison Pipeline for Students with Disabilities 
 
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 Forty Years After The Willowbrook Consent Decree, NCD Celebrates How Far We’ve Come
 National Council on Disability Releases Transportation Access and Policy Report at Quarterly Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA 
 
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 NCD Response to Controversial Peter Singer Interview Advocating The Killing of Disabled Infants: "Professor, Do Your Homework"
 NCD Supports Annual “Day of Mourning” for People with Disabilities Killed by Family Members and Caregivers
 National Council on Disability Releases “Home and Community-Based Services: Creating Systems for Success at Home, at Work and in the Community” 
 
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 Joint DOJ and HHS Letter to Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) about Discrimination Against a Disabled Parent
 National Council on Disability Announces Appointment of Neil Romano by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 
 
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 National Council on Disability Issues “Securing the Social Contract: Reforming Social Security Disability” at Cannon House Office Building 
 
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 New Year's Message 2015
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