News Release

NCD #01-317
November 22, 2000
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

National Council on Disability Adds New Web Features

WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD) today announced the addition of three new features to its award-winning Web site (www.ncd.gov) that will help people with disabilities and those with limited English proficiency (LEP).

To help find information more quickly, NCD has added a Netscape Web Publisher search function. One of the biggest challenges on the Web is finding what you are looking for. This search function will allow users to quickly pinpoint specific information. Users can search through NCD documents for a specific word or attribute value, obtaining a set of search results that list all documents that match the query. Users can then select a document from the list to browse it in its entirety. This function provides easy access to server content.

A list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) was also added to the NCD home page to help users answer standard questions about NCD, its mission, and the availability of disability resources.

To help people with LEP, NCD has added a language translation function. Known as Babel Fish, this automatic translation service removes language barriers across the World Wide Web. Babel Fish translates these language pairs: English to French; English to German; English to Italian; English to Portuguese; English to Spanish; French to English; German to English; Italian to English; Portuguese to English; Russian to English; Spanish to English; French to German; and German to French.

NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on disability policies affecting all people with disabilities, including those from culturally diverse populations. It is currently coordinating a multi-year study on the implementation and enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other civil rights laws.