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Findings and recommendations contained in the publications in this section come from analyses of applicable laws, regulations, policy guidance, barriers, promising practices, and suggested models for consideration by other sovereign states worldwide. Publications consider efforts to gain equality and justice for people with disabilities around the world; the development and implementation of an international convention on those rights; shared strategies used in the U.S., the implementation and enforcement of U.S. disability rights laws on federal property and in programs abroad that receive U.S. funds; and the promotion of full inclusion for people with disabilities on an international level.

2020

NCD letter to House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs

2018

NCD Letter to DHS Regarding Inadmissibility on Public Charge Proposed Rule
NCD Letter to Foreign Relations Committee Advising Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty
U.S. Foreign Policy and Disability: Progress and Promise 2017

2016

NCD Letter to Vice President Biden about the Marrakesh Treaty

2014

An Intern's Perspective: 7th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
NCD Letter to USAID Administrator Shah Regarding Humanitarian and Economic Assistance to Ukraine
NCD Letter to Defense Secretary Hagel Regarding Humanitarian and Economic Assistance to Ukraine
NCD Letter to Vice President Biden Regarding CRPD

2013

NCD Letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Again Reaffirms Its Strong Support of Ratification of the CRPD
NCD Education Forum Report: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
NCD Letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Reaffirms Strong Support of U.S. Ratification of U.N. Disability Treaty
Toward the Full Inclusion of People with Disabilities: Examining the Accessibility of Overseas Facilities and Programs Funded by the United States

2011

Letter to USAID Administrator Raj Shah in Wake of Disaster in Japan

2008

Finding the Gaps: A Comparative Analysis of Disability Laws in the U.S. to the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

2006

National Council on Disability Practical Discussions on Implementation in the U.S. and Other Countries
Update on the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

2005

Monitoring Symposium: A Contribution to the Formulation of Proposals for Monitoring a United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Report
Update on the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Living Independently and in the Community: Implementation Lessons from the United States - Quick Reference Guide
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Living Independently and in the Community: Implementation Lessons from the United States
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Lessons for All of Us: Protecting the Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - The Right to Health: Fundamental Concepts and The American Disability Experience - Quick Reference Guide
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - An Overview of the Experience of the United States with Employment and Right to Work Protections
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - The Right to Health: Fundamental Concepts and The American Disability Experience
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - The Experience of the United States with Employment and Right to Work Protections - Quick Reference Guide
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Access to Education by People with Disabilities Illustrations of Implementation from the United States - Quick Reference Guide
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Enjoyment of the Right to Participation in Political and Public Life by Persons with Disabilities - Illustrations of Implementation from the United States
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Access to Transportation by People with Disabilities Illustrations of Implementation from the United States - Quick Reference
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Access to Information Technology by People with Disabilities Illustrations of Implementation from the United States - Quick Reference
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Access to Transportation by People with Disabilities Illustrations of Implementation from the United States
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - Information Technology and Americans with Disabilities: An Overview of Innovation, Laws, Progress, and Challenges
National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - The Right to Participate in Political and Public Life by Persons with Disabilities - Illustrations of Implementation from the United States - Quick Reference
NCD and the Americans with Disabilities Act: 15 Years of Progress

2004

Update on the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (November)
National Council on Disability: 20 Years of Independence (July 2004)
Update on the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (July)

2003

UN Disability Convention - Topics at a Glance: History of the Process
Olmstead: Reclaiming Institutionalized Lives (Abridged Version)
Foreign Policy and Disability: Legislative Strategies and Civil Rights Protections To Ensure Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Policy Brief Series - No. 6, Defining "Disability" in a Civil Rights Context: The Court's Focus on Extent of Limitations as Opposed to Fair Treatment and Equal Opportunity

2002

A Reference Tool: Understanding the Potential Content and Structure of an International Convention on the Human Rights of People with Disabilities
White Paper - Understanding the Role of an International Convention on the Human Rights of People with Disabilities
An International Disability and Human Rights Convention

2001

Investing in Independence: Transition Recommendations for President George W. Bush

2000

National Council on Disability, Summary of International Watch Recommendations for NCD Consideration and Action
From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak for Themselves

1996

Achieving Independence: The Challenge for the 21st Century
Foreign Policy and Disability

1993

Progress in Advancing the Status of People with Disabilities Around the World: The Work of the United States Delegation to the Thirty-Third Session of the Commission for Social Development of the United Nations