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National
Council on Disability Releases Americans with Disabilities Act
Recommendations
The National Council on Disability (NCD) released its report, Righting
the ADA,
at a news conference on December 1, 2004, at the National Press Club
in
Washington, DC.
The report contains
NCD's legislative proposal, entitled, "ADA Restoration Act,"
which is intended to restore the protections of the Americans with
Disabilities Act that
have been restricted by several U.S. Supreme Court decisions over
the past few years.
Participants
include:
Lex Frieden,
Chairperson, NCD
Robert R. Davila, Ph.D., Member, NCD
Robert L. Burgdorf Jr., Professor, University of the
District of Columbia, David A. Clarke
School of Law
Charlotte Chenoweth, Consumer
Janell Byrd-Chichester, Consultant, Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights
John D. Kemp, Senior Attorney, Powers Pyles Sutter
& Verville
Jennifer Mathis, Senior Staff Attorney, The Bazelon
Center for Mental Health Law
Diane Seltzer, Partner, Founder, Seltzer Law Firm
Nancy Starnes, Vice President and Chief of Staff,
National Organization on Disability
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