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First established as an advisory Council within the United States Department of Education in 1978, the National Council on Disability (NCD) became an independent federal agency in 1984. In 1986, NCD recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. Since enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, NCD has continued to play a leading role in crafting disability policy, and advising the President, Congress and other federal agencies on disability policies, programs, and practices. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The agency works to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures to give all people with disabilities equal opportunity with the end goal being economic self-sufficiency and independent living. == Specific Duties == The statutory mandate of the NCD includes the following duties: * Review and evaluate federal policies, programs, practices, and procedures concerning people with disabilities, including programs established or assisted under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the ''Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act''. * Review and evaluate all statutes and regulations pertaining to federal programs that assist people with disabilities, to assess their effectiveness in meeting the needs of these people. * Review and evaluate emerging federal, state, local, and private sector policy issues that affect people with disabilities, including the need for and coordination of adult services, access to personal assistance services, school reform efforts and the impact of these efforts on persons with disabilities, access to health care, and policies that operate as disincentives for individuals to seek and retain employment. * Make recommendations to the President, Congress, the Secretary of Education, the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and other officials of federal agencies regarding ways to promote equal opportunity, economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society for Americans with disabilities. * Provide Congress with advice, recommendations, legislative proposals, and other information that NCD or Congress deems appropriate. * Gather information about the implementation, effectiveness, and impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. * Advise the President, Congress, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in the Department of Education, and the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research on the development of programs to be carried out under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. * Advise the Commissioner on the policies and conduct of the Rehabilitation Services Administration. * Make recommendations to the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research on research affecting people with disabilities. * Advise the Interagency Disability Coordinating Council on priorities for its activities and review the recommendations of the council for legislative and administrative changes. * Prepare and submit to the President and Congress an annual report, National Disability Policy: A Progress Report. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Council on Disability」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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