ADA Watch/NCDR Partners with Hollywood Unions

The Performers With Disabilities (PWD) Tri-Union Committee of Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), announced the launch of a major disability rights campaign to increase the visibility and equal employment opportunities for actors, broadcasters and sound recording artists with disabilities throughout the entertainment [...]

Jim Ward & Freedom Bus at Affirmative Action Conference

“Winning the Fight for Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion!”  That is the name of the 35th annual national conference of the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA) to be held April 1 - 4, 2009 near Chicago. The Road To Freedom bus will be there and ADA Watch/NCDR’s Jim Ward is a plenary speaker.
The conference theme speaks to [...]

NCDR Board & Advisory Council

Consistent with the disability rights slogan, “Nothing About Us Without Us!,” at least a majority of our Board of Directors and National Advisory Council, as well as the NCDR Steering Committee members are people with disabilities. Founded as ADA Watch in 2001, our first Chairman was the late disability rights icon, Justin Dart.
The NCDR Board [...]

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The ADAPT Community wants you to Kick-Off the Introduction of the Community Choice Act on on March 24th!  We want YOU to celebrate the introduction of the most important health care reform for people with disabilities in this country — Community Choice Act!

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