15th World Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre 15-19 August, 2016 – Melbourne, Australia Highlights and Key Events 24 Keynote Addresses and Master Lectures Past Presidents’ Forum Platform Presentations and Symposia Poster Sessions and Poster Symposia Exhibits and Video Theatre Pre-Congress IASSIDD […]
‘We can keep her’: Disabled mom wins daughter back after legal battle Susan Donaldson James TODAY contributor March 12, 2015 at 6:25 PM ET http://www.today.com/parents/disabled-mom-gets-daughter-back-after-legal-battle-2D80545265 A Massachusetts mom with a “mild intellectual disability” won a two-year historic legal battle Monday and was reunited with the baby who was taken from her at 2 days old […]
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Twenty-five years after Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, the ‘ADA Generation’ is now entering adulthood and, as such, parenting is the natural next step in enforcing and ensuring the protections afforded by the ADA. On Friday, March 27 at 3pm EST join the National Council on Disability for a Twitter chat as we celebrate Women’s History […]
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Disability does not prec…nion – The Boston Globe […]
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Issued: July 14, 2014 Over a decade ago, the National Council on Disability (NCD) helped kick off U.S. disability community consideration of an international treaty by publishing a White Paper titled Understanding the Role of an International Convention on the Human Rights of People with Disabilities.[i] Since that time, NCD has published numerous documents and […]
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