Cross-Disability
Interview with Kareem Dale, Obama's top disability adviser on ADA's 20th
anniversary
[Click
here to read the interview]
Remarks by the President on 20th Anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act
July 26, 2010 [Click
here to read]
Executive Order-- Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
July 26, 2010 [Click
here to read]
Encourage the US to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD)
Excerpts from a letter by the Honorable Tony Coelho, US-International Council
on Disability on the 20th Anniversary of the ADA
Click here to read the entire letter
I ask you to join with me in supporting USICD in the important effort of
making CRPD ratification in the United States a reality. When the Obama
Administration completes its review and submits the CRPD to the U.S. Senate for
its consent for ratification, we must come together as the American disability
community and proclaim “Yes to Ratification.” Today, 87 countries have already
ratified the CRPD. By joining in this community, we can share our great
expertise and leadership in furtherance of the democratic values enshrined in
the CRPD. The CRPD is good for people with disabilities, good for America, and
good for the world.
Let us take this opportunity to deliver our unified message to the U.S.
Senate. Please sign on to a letter prepared by USICD to Senators Kerry and Lugar
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to indicate your support for the CRPD.
Please click here to read and sign onto this important letter. |