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The National Council on Disability (NCD) is
an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54
million Americans with disabilities. NCD is composed of 15 members appointed
by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. 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. 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 of 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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