Employment

2012

• Letter to SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue on Continuation of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program (HTML) (PDF)

2011

• The Power of Digital Inclusion (HTML) (PDF)
• Rising Expectations: The Developmental Disabilities Act Revisited (HTML) (PDF)

2010

• Workforce Infrastructure in Support of People with Disabilities: Matching Human Resources to Service Needs (HTML) (PDF)
• The State of Housing in America in the 21st Century: A Disability Perspective (HTML) (PDF)
• Topical Brief: Transitioning Youth (HTML) (PDF)
• Topical Brief: Vocational Rehabilitation Funding (HTML) (PDF)
• Topical Brief: Workforce Investment Infrastructure (HTML) (PDF)
• Topical Brief: Performance Indicators (HTML) (PDF)
• Topical Brief: One-Stop Career Centers (HTML) (PDF)

2009

• Federal Employment of People with Disabilities (DOC) (PDF)

2008

• Keeping Track: National Disability Status and Program Performance Indicators (HTML) (PDF) (DOC)
• The Rehabilitation Act: Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth (DOC)

2007

• Issues in Creating Livable Communities for People with Disabilities: Proceedings of the Panel (HTML) (PDF)
• Empowerment for Americans with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers to Careers and Full Employment (HTML) (PDF)
• A Perspective from Youth with Disabilities: Benefits in a World of Employment (HTML) (PDF)

2005

• Same Struggle, Different Difference: Civil Rights Policy Forum Summary Paper (HTML) (PDF)
• The Social Security Administration's Efforts to Promote Employment for People with Disabilities: New Solutions for Old Problems (HTML) (PDF)
• NCD Recommendations: Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization (HTML) (PDF)
• NCD and the Americans with Disabilities Act: 15 Years of Progress (HTML) (PDF)
• National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - The Experience of the United States with Employment and Right to Work Protections—Quick Reference Guide (HTML) (PDF)
• National Council on Disability Topical Overviews - An Overview of the Experience of the United States with Employment and Right to Work Protections (HTML) (PDF)

2004

• Livable Communities for Adults with Disabilities (HTML) (PDF)
• National Council on Disability: 20 Years of Independence (July 2004) (HTML) (PDF)
• Summary of the Native American Forum: Disability Matters in Tribal Communities (HTML) (PDF)

2003

• Olmstead: Reclaiming Institutionalized Lives (Abridged Version) (HTML) (PDF)
• Olmstead: Reclaiming Institutionalized Lives (Full-Length On-Line Version) (HTML)
• Understanding Disabilities in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Toolkit Guide (HTML) (PDF)
• People With Disabilities on Tribal Lands: Education, Health Care, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Independent Living (HTML) (PDF)
• Policy Brief Series: Righting the Americans with Disabilities Act—No. 19, The Supreme Court's Kirkingburg Decision and the Impact of Federal Safety Regulations in Americans with Disabilities Act (HTML) (PDF)
• Policy Brief Series—No. 10, Reasonable Accommodation After Barnett (HTML) (PDF)
• Policy Brief Series—No. 9, Chevron v. Echazabal: The Americans with Disabilities Act's "Direct Threat to Self" Defense (HTML) (PDF)
• Outreach for All Forum Summary Paper (HTML) (DOC)
• Outreach and People with Disabilities from Diverse Cultures: A Review of the Literature (HTML) (DOC) (PDF)

2002

• Brief Amicus Curiae of the National Council on Disability in Support of Respondents, Chevron U.S.A. v. Mario Echazabal (HTML) (PDF)
• Lift Every Voice Summary (Report Released November 1999) (HTML) (DOC)

2001

• Brief Amicus Curiae of the National Council on Disability in Support of Respondents, Toyota v. Ella Williams (HTML) (PDF)
• The Sandoval Ruling (HTML) (PDF)

2000

• Transition and Post-School Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities: Closing the Gaps to Post-Secondary Ed and Employment (HTML) (PDF)
• Carrying on the Good Fight: Summary Paper From Think Tank 2000—Advancing the Civil and Human Rights of People With Disabilities From Diverse Cultures (HTML) (PDF)
• Closing the Gap: A Ten Point Strategy for the Next Decade of Disability Civil Rights Enforcement (HTML) (PDF)
• From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak for Themselves (HTML) (PDF)
• Think Tank 2000: A Brief Summary As Background Information (HTML) (DOC)

1999

• Lift Every Voice: Modernizing Disability Policies and Programs to Serve a Diverse Nation (HTML) (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
• Implementation of the National Voter Registration Act by State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies (HTML) (PDF)

1998

• Grassroots Experiences with Government Programs and Disability Policy (HTML) (PDF)
• Reorienting Disability Research (HTML) (PDF)

1997

• Outreach to Minorities with Disabilities and People with Disabilities in Rural Communities (HTML)
• Assisted Suicide: A Disability Perspective Position Paper (HTML)
• Impact of the Welfare Reform Legislation on Legal Immigrants with Disabilities (HTML)
• Removing Barriers to Work: Action Proposals for the 105th Congress and Beyond (HTML)

1996_Publications

• National Disability Policy: A Progress Report - February 1986 (HTML)

1995

• Voices of Freedom: America Speaks Out on the Americans with Disabilities Act (HTML)
• The Americans with Disabilities Act: Ensuring Equal Access to the American Dream (HTML)

1994

• Inclusionary Education for Students with Disabilities: Keeping the Promise (HTML)

1993

• Meeting the Unique Needs of Minorities with Disabilities: A Report to the President and the Congress (HTML)
• 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 (HTML)

1986

• Toward Independence: An Assessment of Federal Laws and Programs Affecting Persons with Disabilities — With Legislative Recommendations (HTML)