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- Employment gap Between Working-Age People With and Without Disabilities Continues
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Andrew J. Houtenville, Ph.D. of Cornell University, +1- 607-255-5702 office, +1-607-227-8545 mobile WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A dramatic 42 percent employment gap separates working-age people with and without disabilities in the workforce, Cornell University researchers reported today.The report states that 37.7 percent of people with disabilities...
- Research articles 2007-11-07
- Determinants of government aid to Katrina survivors: evidence from survey data
- 1. Introduction Natural catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina are unfortunate natural experiments for evaluating otherwise unobservable events such as the effectiveness of government disaster aid. Katrina was arguably the greatest natural disaster in modern U.S. history. The damage stretched across 90,000 square miles an area roughly the size of Great...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Recognizes 17th Anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act
- To: LABOR EDITORSContact: Jennifer Kaplan, +1-202-693-5052, Richard Manning, +1- 202-693-4676, both of U.S. Department of Labor WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Marking the 17th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment...
- Research articles 2007-07-26
- National Council on Disability Calls for Federal Legislation to Prohibit Telecommunications Discrimination for People With Disabilities
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Mark S. Quigley of National Council on Disability, +1- 202-272-2004 or +1-202-272-2074 TTYWASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Council onDisability NCD today released a policy paper calling on Congress and theAdministration to end telecommunications and information servicesdiscrimination for people with disabilities."The Need for Federal Legislation and...
- Research articles 2006-12-28
- Race, religion, disability and politics not factors in student's poor showing.
- Oct 29, 2006 (Discrimination Alert - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A student denied a doctoral degree at RMIT University has failed in her discrimination claim. The student, Stanislawa Bahonko, claimed to have been discriminated against due to her "race, disability, religion and politics". Her...
- Research articles 2006-10-29
- Minister to miss tribunal.
- Byline: Julia Medew Aug 10, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal is hearing a complaint of discrimination, alleged by a high school student. The 15-year-old is currently in Year Nine, and has a severe learning...
- Research articles 2006-08-10
- American Airlines wins award as Airline Of Choice For Travelers With A Disability at the OAG Awards 2006.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 May 2006-American Airlines: American Airlines wins award as Airline Of Choice For Travelers With A Disability at the OAG Awards 2006C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:19052006 American Airlines has been voted the "Airline of Choice for Travelers with a Disability"...
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- National Council on Disability Statement Regarding the Voting RightsAct Reauthorization
- WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- National Council on Disability NCD chairperson Lex Frieden today released the following statement regarding the Voting Rights Act reauthorization: NCD wishes to express its strong support for reauthorizing the provisions of the Voting Rights Act VRA set to expire in 2007. NCD is an...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
- National Council on Disability Statement Regarding the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization
- WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- National Council on Disability NCD chairperson Lex Frieden today released the following statement regarding the Voting Rights Act reauthorization: NCD wishes to express its strong support for reauthorizing the provisions of the Voting Rights Act VRA set to expire in 2007. NCD is an...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
- Education Department: notice.(Federal Register)
- Education Department: Notice. The Department of Education's Office of Special Education Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information, Technology and Media Services for Individuals with Disabilities-Access to Emerging Technologies is inviting applications for new funding awards for FY06. Private nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes or tribal organizations and for...
- Research articles 2006-04-14
- U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao to Deliver Keynote Address at New Freedom Initiative Awards for People with Disabilities
- News Advisory: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao will honor three businesses, three non-profits and one individual as recipients of the annual New Freedom Initiative NFI Awards. The NFI Award recognizes exemplary and innovative efforts to train, recruit and hire people with disabilities, key principles of President George...
- Research articles 2005-10-20
- Wizard tracks access rules.(federal electronic data)(Brief Article)
- GSA has developed an electronic wizard to help agencies comply with Section 508, the requirement that federal electronic data must be accessible to people with disabilities. The Buy Accessible Wizard is available at www.buyaccessible.gov. It can determine if Section 508 applies to an acquisition,...
- Research articles 2005-08-26
- Research and Training Center.(Funding Opportunities)(Brief Article)
- * The Department of Education's National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research seeks FY 2005 applications for a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Eligible applicants are states; public or private agencies, including for-profit agencies; public...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Catholic Charities USA Urges Congressional Appropriators to Protect Vital Programs for Low-Income Families, Elderly, and Disabled
- ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -b As budget negotiations continue in Congress, Catholic Charities USA is urging House and Senate appropriators to adequately fund programs that help poor and vulnerable children, families, elderly, and persons with disabilities. "We recognize that Congress is faced with many difficult choices. In...
- Research articles 2005-06-15
- Dr. Roy Grizzard to Keynote National Leadership Summit for Youth with Disabilities
- News Advisory: Assistant Secretary for Office of Disability Employment Policy Dr. Roy Grizzard will keynote a National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, June 15, at 9:20 am. The two-day 2005 National Leadership Summit on Improving Results for Youth will be held at the Capital Hilton Hotel. In response...
- Research articles 2005-06-14
- National Council on Disability Releases Latest Edition of NCD Bulletin -- April 2005 (2/2)
- WASHINGTON, May 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the latest electronic edition of the NCD Bulletin, a monthly publication of the National Council on Disability part two of two: NCD Seeking Written Testimony on Impact of ADA NCD is collecting written testimony from people with disabilities, their families, and their...
- Research articles 2005-05-05
- The status of Web Accessibility of Canadian universities and colleges: a Charter of Rights and Freedoms issue (1).
- The fundamental ideal that access to education and information as one of our basic human rights must not be neglected in the electronic information age. This ideal however is not being met in the area of postsecondary Web accessibility. This study surveyed 350 postsecondary institutions in...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- The Department of Education seeks applications for the following children's projects.(Funding Opportunities)
- * The Department of Education seeks applications for the following children's projects. Applicants are state and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, outlying areas, freely associated states, and Indian tribes or tribal organizations. ...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- National Council on Disability Monthly Bulletin; NCD Celebrates 20Years as Independent Federal Agency
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is the monthly bulletin from the National Council on Disability NCD. The Bulletin, which is free of charge and at NCD's award-winning Web site (http://www.ncd.gov), brings the latest issues and news affecting people with disabilities. Please send editorial comments to Bulletin editor...
- Research articles 2004-12-28
- Human Service Agencies in States Selected for DOL Training/ Technical Assistance Programs for People with Disabilities
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Human service agencies in California, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts and Oklahoma have been selected to take part in training and technical assistance programs for people with disabilities, the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy ODEP announced today. The five agencies were chosen under...
- Research articles 2004-09-30
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