Watertown Commission on Disability

The NCD is my go-to website for the basics on disability law/policy in the United States.  

July 26, 2007
WASHINGTON—
The National Council on Disability (NCD) today released two reports on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that show that ADA implementation is not only possible and practicable, it is also good for business.

The first, The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the Progress toward Achieving the Goals of the ADA describes a retrospective study and review of the impact the ADA has had on the lives of Americans with disabilities during the first sixteen years since its passage, with particular focus on the four major goals of the ADA—equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. Progress toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency appears to be the goal having the least success.

The second report, Implementation of the ADA: Challenges, Best Practices, and New Opportunities for Success, highlights many strategies for implementation that have been successful, as well as obstacles that are preventing implementation. [more…]