News Release

NCD #99-270
June 10, 1999
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

1999 National Leadership Conference for Youth with Disabilities To Be Held in Alexandria, Virginia

WASHINGTON--The 1999 National Leadership Conference for Youth with Disabilities will be held June 22-26, 1999, starting daily at 9:00 a.m., at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, Virginia.

The conference, which is by invitation only, will bring together young adult leaders from around the country who have diverse racial, ethnic, and disability backgrounds, to foster their development as leaders and encourage their participation in all aspects of American society. The conference promotes hands-on leadership development by involving young people in designing, planning, and implementing a conference that draws upon their interests, values, skills, and abilities. It also promotes young adult leadership development through peer and adult mentoring programs, opportunities to meet national leaders in the areas of disability history, culture, law, and policy, education and training for independent living, long-term employment, and health consciousness.

This year's conference is coordinated by the National Council on Disability (NCD) and sponsored with five other federal agencies and private sector organizations. Sponsors include: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Social Security Administration, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities; and the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation is the primary private sponsor.

For more information on the conference, visit NCD's award-winning Web site (http://www.ncd.gov/youth/conf99.html) or call Mark S. Quigley at 202-272-2004.