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| | NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The overall purpose of NCD is to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability; and to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society. |
 | | NCD’s present list of key issues includes improving personal assistance services, promoting health care reform, including students with disabilities in high-quality programs in typical neighborhood schools, promoting equal employment and community housing opportunities, monitoring the implementation of ADA, improving assistive technology, and ensuring that people with disabilities who are culturally diverse fully participate in society. |
 | | NCD was initially established in 1978 as an advisory board within the Department of Education (Public Law 95-602). |
| www.aapi.gov /resources/ncdFY2002FI.htm (1504 words) |
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