News Release
NCD #02-384
September 3, 2002
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov
National Council on Disability Creates New Listserv
for Disability-Related Information
WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD)
has created a new listserv to disseminate disability-related information
on such issues as affordable housing, employment, transportation,
health care, education, and assistive technology.
NCD's new listserv will provide up-to-date information
on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities and their
families. This will include NCD's monthly newsletter, NCD Bulletin,
and news releases and media advisories on NCD activities and current
issues before the Administration, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
To subscribe, simply send a blank e-mail to add-bulletin@list.ncd.gov.
There is no need to write anything in the subject line or body.
Subscribers will receive approximately five e-mails a month from
NCD. For more in-depth information, visit the NCD Web site (http://www.ncd.gov).
NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations
to the President and Congress on disability policy. In its 1986
report Toward Independence, NCD first proposed that Congress should
enact a civil rights law for people with disabilities. In 1990,
the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by then
President George H. W. Bush.
NCD's overall purpose 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 is currently coordinating a multi-year study on
the implementation and enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities
Act and other civil rights laws.
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