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Welcome to the N.O.D. Web Site In addition to keeping you up to date on the National Organization on Disability's most recent developments, the N.O.D. web site provides you with the latest in disability-related news, information and resources.
Date: November 23, 2004 During a recent emotional and moving ceremony nine individuals representing the business and non-profit sectors received the Third Annual New Freedom Initiative Award from U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. Started in 2001, the award recognizes exemplary and innovative efforts to train, recruit and employ people with disabilities. "Doonesbury" Brings Intensity of Soldiers' Sacrifice to the Nation Date: October 15, 2004 N.O.D. Board Member Robert David Hall praises cartoonist Gary Trudeau for shedding light on disability in his comic strip, "Doonesbury". In recent issues of the strip, Trudeau tells the story of B.D., a former football player, coach, and Army Reserve Lieutenant who was dispatched to Iraq in the strip last year. Injured in combat, the fictional B.D. loses a leg, and is shipped back to Ward 57 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he learns to cope with life after his injury. Peter Blanck to Deliver Keynote at Inaugural Thornburgh Family Lecture Series in Disability Law and Policy at University of Pittsburgh Date: September 30, 2004 On October 14, 2004 at the University of Pittsburgh, the inaugural Thornburgh Family Lecture Series in Disability Law and Policy will feature a keynote address by Peter Blanck, the Charles M. and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law and professor of psychology and public health at the University of Iowa, director of the Law, Health Policy, and Disability Center at the Iowa College of law, and a member of the N.O.D. Board of Directors. N.O.D. Salutes Senator Arlen Specter in New York, Calls on National Leaders to Prioritize Disabilities Date: September 1, 2004 On September 1, 2004, during an event honoring legislative leaders during the Republican National Convention in New York City, N.O.D. presented an award to Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, for his leadership and support of disability issues. Co-sponsored by 17 national disability organizations, the event is the second half of a program along with a ceremony during the Democratic National Convention in Boston on July 26. At that event, N.O.D. honored Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI). Diary of a Courageous Life Date: August 9, 2004 N.O.D. Board Member Brooke Ellison is the subject of an upcoming film on A&E; Television, entitled The Brooke Ellison Story. The film, which chronicles Brooke's life after her accident at age 11, was directed by none other than N.O.D. Vice Chairman Christopher Reeve. In this article, Brooke shares her thoughts while visiting the set of the film in New Orleans this summer. N.O.D. Honored by DHS for its Efforts in Security Screening of Persons with Disabilities Date: July 29, 2004 On Thursday, July 29, 2004, the National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) was honored by the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) "in appreciation for steadfast commitment in the establishment and sustainment of TSA's Screening of Persons with Disabilities Program". TSA's Screening of Persons with Disabilities Program serves the dual purposes of increasing the effectiveness of security screening of people with disabilities and their equipment in all modes of transport, and ensuring that such screening is conducted in a manner sensitive to the unique needs and circumstances of all persons with disabilities. N.O.D. Salutes Congressman Jim Langevin at ADA Anniversary Event Date: July 26, 2004 The National Organization on Disability presented a Jefferson Cup Award to Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) in Boston on Monday, July 26, 2004, at an event marking the 14th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. N.O.D., the American Association of People with Disabilities and fifteen other national sponsors celebrated the ADA's anniversary with a special "Salute to Leaders" ceremony at WGBH Studios. 2004 N.O.D./Harris Survey of Americans with Disabilities Date: June 25, 2004 Americans with disabilities are at a critical disadvantage compared to other Americans in ten key areas of life, according to the 2004 National Organization on Disability/Harris Survey of Americans with Disabilities, released in Washington on June 24. Continuing a trend, the survey found slow and modest progress in the indicators, which Harris has tracked since 1986. See our press release, view key findings from the survey, and read testimony from the June 24 Congressional hearing, where the results of the survey were presented. |
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