The mission of the National Organization on Disability (NOD) is to expand the participation and contribution of America’s 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.

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Statement by The Honorable Tom Ridge on Veterans Day

Often the challenges of military life do not end when our troops leave the battlefield. This is particularly true for our wounded warriors, those brave men and women who live every day with emotional and often painful injuries borne on the battlefield. Housing, job training, education and health care make up the 'duffel bag' of issues that these military heroes must shoulder long after they return home.  click headline for more...

National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2009

NOD’s poster was created in recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month to symbolize a commitment to building a more inclusive and diverse workforce.  click headline for more...

Senator Edward M. Kennedy: National Organization on Disability (NOD) Congressional Sponsor 1982-2009

Governor Tom Ridge, Chairman, expressed condolences on behalf of the National Organization on Disability (NOD) Board and staff on the loss of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a long-time friend and ally in the great fight for the rights of persons with disabilities.  click headline for more...

NOD President Carol Glazer Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Disability, Addresses Care for Wounded Veterans

WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2009-Carol Glazer, President of the National Organization on Disability (NOD) testified before the House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and called for the Veterans Administration (VA) to consider more support for mental health services.  click headline for more...

National Organization on Disability Issues Paper on Agent Orange and Ongoing Disabling Effects to U.S. Vietnam Veterans and Their Families; Calls for Action on Debt Owed Vietnam-era Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C.  June 1, 2009-On the occasion of the Washington, D.C. meetings for the U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin, NOD issued the paper, U.S. Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange:  Understanding the Impact 40 Years Later.  This paper is the culmination of independent research conducted by Mary Dolan-Hogrefe of NOD, and by Mary Carstensen, U.S. Army, Colonel (retired), consultant to NOD.  click headline for more...

Kathy Martinez Confirmed as Office of Disability Employment Policy Assistant Secretary; Executive Director of World Institute on Disability joins Obama Administration

WASHINGTON, D.C.-On June 25, 2009 the US Senate confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Ms. Kathy Martinez to serve as Assistant Secretary to the US Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP).  Ms. Martinez, a California native, specialized during her tenure as Executive Director of the World Institute on Disability (WID), in employment, asset building, independent living, international development, and diversity and gender issues.  click headline for more...

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