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2013 Newsroom Posts
 New Report from National Council on Disability Explores Scope of and Solutions to Veterans Backlog 
 
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 Health Care
 NCD Releases Annual Survey of Federal Disability Policy – “Strength in Our Differences” 
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 For Disabled Voters, Long Lines Are Only the Beginning, Suggests New Federal Report 
 
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 Civil Rights
 NCD Honors the Life and Legacy of Major Owens 
 
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 NCD Hosts Tactile Currency Forum in Honor of 40th Anniversary of the Rehab Act 
 
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 Civil Rights
 NCD Agency Shutdown Plan in Absence of Appropriations
 NCD Welcomes Efforts to Restore Section 503 as a Meaningful Requirement for Federal Contractors 
 
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 As ADA Nears 23rd Anniversary, NCD Assesses Impact of 2008's ADA Amendments Act 
 
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 NCD Applauds Appointment of Claudia Gordon as Public Engagement Advisor at the White House 
 
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 NCD Statement on the Birch Vocational School in Providence, RI 
 
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 NCD Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Michael Winter 
 
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 Honoring the Legacies of Olmstead and Justin Dart 
 
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 NCD Statement in Support of LGBT Pride 
 
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 NCD Calls for the Prosecution of Hate Crimes against People with Disabilities Following Death of Autistic Teenager
 NCD Offers Analysis of Medicaid Block Grants and Self-Direction 
 
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 Former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd to Testify at NCD Policy Forum on Voting Access 
 
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 NCD Welcomes Rebecca Cokley as Executive Director 
 
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 NCD Chairperson Announces Intent to Appoint Rebecca Cokley Executive Director 
 
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 Federal Agency Evaluates Disability Access Abroad 
 
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 NCD Recommends Ways to Implement Medicaid Managed Care Without Harming Americans with Disabilities 
 
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 NCD Supports Innovations for Increasing Drug Label Accessibility 
 
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 Sequestration's Impact on NCD 
 
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 What Will Sequestration Mean for People with Disabilities? 
 
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 NCD Response to the State of the Union Address
 President Appoints New Chairperson, Three New Members and One Returning Member to the National Council on Disability 
 
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 Farewell Message of NCD Chairman Jonathan Young
 Aaron Bishop Steps Down as NCD Executive Director
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