"NCD's two recent ADA reports, Implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Challenges, Best Practices, and New Opportunities for Success (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2007/implementation_07-26-07.htm) and The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the Progress Toward Achieving the Goals of the ADA (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2007/ada_impact_07-26-07.htm) both confirm that legislation is urgently needed to restore the ADA to ensure equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for all Americans with disabilities," Vaughn concluded.
NCD is an independent federal agency and is composed of 15 members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. It provides advice to the President, Congress, and executive branch agencies to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or 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.
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