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Tag Archives: legislation
How Will You Celebrate the ADA?
This month will mark the 27th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This landmark civil rights legislation has changed lives and formed the basis for similar legislation in countries around the world. We’ve shared personal … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA, advocacy, Americans with Disabilities Act, civil rights, legislation
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The Rehab Act Turns 43
This month marks the 43rd anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act (Rehab Act), originally passed in 1973. In 2013, we highlighted the importance of the Rehab Act and what it has meant to the inclusion of people with disabilities. Foremost to … Continue reading
ADA: Celebrate 26 Years on the 26th! (Part 2)
July 26th marks the 26th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the historic civil rights law that prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in employment, state and local government services, public … Continue reading
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Tagged #ADA26, ADA 26 anniversary, ADA. Americans with Disabilities Act, architecture, Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, Cloud Computing, continuing education, Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project on Inclusive Cloud and Web Computing, disability civil rights movement, Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII), inclusive design, legislation, NIDILRR Projects, NIDILRR Research, online courses, physical accessibility, Publications, Raising the Floor coalition, RERC for Wireless Techologies, RERC on Physical Access and Transportation (RERC-APT), RERC on Universal Interface and Information Technology Access, RERC Universal Design and the Built Environmentthe Built, RL Mace Universal Design Institute, Ronald L. Mace, technology access, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Tiramisu, Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Trace Center, transportation, UD and Public Accommodations, UniveralDesign.com, universal design, universal interfaces, virtual accessibility, visitability, web systems, Wireless RERC, wireless technologies
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The importance of the disability vote is featured in the next episode of ADA Live!
On July 6th, 2016 ADA Live! presents The Disability Vote: The Sleeping Giant Wakes Up! Continuing with the disability and voting theme (voting access), the upcoming episode discusses the disability vote, the importance of people with disabilities casting their vote, … Continue reading
National Council on Disability and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation partner on the Parenting with a Disability Toolkit!
The National Council on Disability (NCD) and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation have partnered to create the Parenting with a Disability Toolkit! NCD and the Reeve Foundation released the “toolkit” at the White House Forum on the Civil Rights … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, civil rights, Ella Callow, families with disabilities, families' rights, JD, legislation, National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families at Through the Looking Glass, National Council on Disability, parenting with a disability, Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children, The Forum on Civil Rights of Parents with Disabilities, toolkit
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4th Annual Research-to-Policy Roundtable
The 4th Annual Research-to-Policy Roundtable took place in the afternoon of December 3rd following the release of the 2014 Compendium of Disability Statistics. Mark Periello, President of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), expressed his excitement to transition … Continue reading
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Tagged #Compendium2014, #disabilitystats, 2014 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium, AAPD, Administration for Community Living (ACL), Annual Research-to-Policy Roundtable, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, community living, employment, entitlement programs, FY15, health and function, Institute, John Tschida, legislation, long range plan, NIDRR, non-defense discretionary spending, people with disabilities, policy makers, Rehabilitation Services Administration, researchers, Sharon Lewis, SSDI, stakeholders, transition, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), WIOA
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 18 – Friday, August 22
Funding: “Ice Bucket Challenge” has raised millions for ALS Association (The New York Times) The “Ice Bucket Challenge” has lit social media on fire, raising both money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). About 30,000 Americans have the disease, … Continue reading
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Tagged ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ASD, autism behavior therapy, autism spectrum disorder, children with disabilities, Evermind, home safety monitor, household appliance monitor, independent living, legislation, medicare, Medicare fraud, National Health Interview Survey, nursing homes, Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act, registered nurse, schizophrenia, wheelchairs
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 