Nov. 9-10, 2026 Council Meeting
TIME AND DATE: The Members of the National Council on Disability (NCD) will in-person Council meeting on Monday November 9, 2026, 8:30 – 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 9:30 – 11:45 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST).
PLACE: This hybrid meeting will take place at the Ability360 Conference Center, 5025 E. Washington St., Suite 200, Phoenix, Arizona 85034. It will also be livestreamed via Zoom for Government videoconference and NCD’s YouTube Channel.
AGENDA: The times provided below are approximations for when each agenda item is anticipated to be discussed (all Mountain Standard Time):
Monday, November 9, 2026
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. – Networking and Sign-In
9:30 – 9:35 a.m. – NCD Welcome, Call to Order
• NCD Council Member Roll Call
• Acceptance of agenda
• Approval of minutes
9:35 – 9:40 a.m. – Tribal Land acknowledgment
9:40 – 10:20 a.m. Local / Tribal Welcomes NCD and Attendees, Posting of Colors
10:20 – 10:40 a.m. - NCD Opening remarks, Introduction of Access Board Executive Director and Chair
10:40 – 11:10 a.m. - Panel Discussion and Presentation on Incidents of Disabilities and Accessibility on Tribal Land
11:10 – 11:30 a.m. – BREAK
11:30 – 11:40 a.m. – Town Hall Introduction
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Town Hall (Topics including housing, employment, education, independent living, healthcare, transportation)
12:40 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break
2 – 4:30 p.m. – Town Hall Continued
4:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks, NCD Meeting Adjournment
Tuesday, November 9, 2026
9:30 – 9:35 a.m. – NCD Welcome, Call to Order; Roll Call
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. - Medicaid cuts and the future of community living
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. – Council Q&A of Panel
11:00 – 11:10 a.m. – Chairman’s Report
11:10 – 11:30 a.m. – Council Member Community Report Outs
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Executive Committee Report
o Financial report
o Governance report
o Executive Director report
11:45 a.m. - Adjourn
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Nicholas Sabula, Public Affairs Specialist, NCD, 1331 F Street NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20004; 202-272-2004 (V), or nsabula@ncd.gov.
ACCOMMODATIONS: ASL Interpreters will be provided in-room and included during the live streamed meeting, and CART has been arranged for this meeting and will be embedded into the Zoom platform as well as available via streamtext link. The web link to access CART Streamtext: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=NCD
If you require additional accommodations, please notify Stacey Brown by sending an email to mailto:sbrown@ncd.gov as soon as possible and no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Due to last-minute confirmations or cancellations, NCD may substitute items without advance public notice.