Disabilities in Government Documents: Equal Rights/Inclusivity

• New freedom initiative : a progress report, President of the United States, 2002, 2004, 2007.

• Outreach and people with disabilities from diverse cultures : a review of the literature, National Council on Disability, 2003.

• Livable communities for adults with disabilities, National Council on Disability, 2004.

• Discrimination against persons with disabilities : barriers at every step, Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2005.

• Examining issues related to tactilely distinguishable currency, hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 2008.

• Finding the gaps : a comparative analysis of disability laws in the United States to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), National Council on Disability, 2008.

• Inclusive livable communities for people with psychiatric disabilities, National Council on Disability, 2008.

• Voters with disabilities : more polling places had no potential impediments than in 2000, but challenges remain, U.S. Government Accountability Office report to congressional requesters, 2009.

• The ADA and Olmstead enforcement : ensuring community opportunities for individuals with disabilities, hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate, 2010.

• The Inclusive Home Design Act, hearing before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 2010.

• Innovation and inclusion : the Americans with Disabilities Act at 20, hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, 2010.

• The state of housing in America in the 21st century : a disability perspective, National Council on Disability, 2010.

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (Treaty doc. 112-7), Message from the President of the United States transmitting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted by the United Nations General Assembly...,U.S. Senate, 2012.

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : report together with minority views (to accompany Treaty doc. 112-7), U.S. Senate, 2012.

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