NCD #04-455
July 14, 2004
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004

National Council on Disability Celebrating Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary and Agency Independence

WASHINGTON--The National Council on Disability (NCD) will highlight the 14th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 20th anniversary of NCD as an independent federal agency at an invitation-only event on Saturday, July 24, 2004, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC.

Program includes:

• 6:00 p.m.   Entertainment by Hunter Ramseur and Scott McCall, and the Dionysus Theatre Troupe at the Millennium Stage
• 7:00 p.m.   Reception in the Atrium
• 8:00 p.m.   Keynote Address by Former Connecticut Governor and U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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.

For more information, contact Mark Quigley at 202-272-2004 or 202-272-2074 (TTY).