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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 23px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">National Disability Policy: A Progress Report - October 2017</span></h1>
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<p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>October 27, 2017</strong><br>
<em>Source</em>: National Council on Disability (NCD)</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Council on Disability (NCD) has released the 2017 edition of a report that fulfills NCD's statutory mandate to report annually on the state
of disability policy in key areas, uses the intersection of disability and poverty as its organizing theme. The Council focused on poverty because it is the common thread that continues to compound many of the core concerns for people with disabilities. The
report focuses on seven factors that are crucial for enhancing the economic independence of people with disabilities in our society: education, employment, financial assistance and incentives, health care, long-term services and supports, transportation, and
housing.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This report addresses why people with disabilities are often destined to live in poverty and experience high unemployment despite existing federal regulations
and public policies that are geared toward improving the lives of people with disabilities. The report also highlights opportunities to improve existing policy as well as the need for forethought to ensure that any proposed policy changes in the fight against
poverty do not inadvertently cause harm to people with disabilities but rather further our common goal of achieving economic self-sufficiency for all.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The report concludes with an overview of several emerging and promising practices for achieving economic self-sufficiency, as well as recommendations
for policymakers.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_A%20Progress%20Report_508.pdf" target="_self" class="contentlink" title="PDF format 98 pages; National Disability Policy: A Progress Report 2017">NCD
2017 Report (PDF 98 pages)</a><br>
<a href="https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_A%20Progress%20Report_Interior.docx" target="_self" class="contentlink" title="Download Word file; National Disability Policy: A Progress Report 2017">Download Word file</a></span></font></p>
<p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Link</strong>: <a href="https://ncd.gov/progressreport/2017/national-disability-policy-progress-report-october-2017" title="National Council on Disability (NCD)">Go
to website for News Source</a><br>
<a href="https://ncd.gov/progressreport/20">https://ncd.gov/progressreport/20</a></span></p>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">L. Scott Lissner, </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Ohio State University </span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> ADA Coordinator and 504 Compliance Officer <br>
Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs<br>
Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies<br>
Board, Center for Disability Empowerment & VSA Ohio<br>
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