NCD #04-444
January 8, 2004
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

National Council on Disability to Release Disability Statistics Paper at Press Availability

WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD) will release a position paper describing critical issues involving federal disability data at a press availability at 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 9, 2004, at NCD, 1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850, Washington, D.C.

The paper describes an urgent and immediate need for the Departments of Commerce and Labor to address matters related to the collection of disability data through the Decennial Census, the American Community Survey, and the Current Population Survey.

The following experts will be available:

Jeffrey T. Rosen, NCD general counsel and director of policy
Martin Gould, Ed.D., NCD senior research specialist

For more information, contact Mark Quigley at 202-272-2004.

Note: NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on disability policy. NCD first proposed and then drafted the original Americans with Disabilities Act.