Commission Reports
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

NCD Bulletins
National Council on Disability

Policy Brief Series: Righting the ADA Papers
National Council on Disability

A Charge We Have to Keep: A Road Map to Personal and Economic Freedom for People with Intellectual Disabilities
President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, December 2004

National Disability Policy: A Progress Report -- December 2002-December 2003
National Council on Disability, 09 December 2004

Disability in America [PDF 537 K]
Population Reference Bureau, September 2004
Published as part of the Bureau's Population Bulletin series, this issue provides a broad sweep of the disabled population in the United States in the 21st century, reviewing basic concepts and measures, and discussing current trends, government programs and policies affecting the disabled.

National Council on Disability: 20 Years of Independence
26 July 2004

Fulfilling America’s Promise to Americans with Disabilities, The President's Report
The White House, March 2004
Announced in February 2001, the New Freedom Initiative is President George W. Bush’s bold plan to tear down the remaining barriers to full integration into American life that many of this Nation’s 54 million citizens with disabilities still face. This Progress Report highlights accomplishments under the New Freedom Initiative since the issuance of the May 2002 Progress Report.

Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Office of Special Education Programs. U.S. Department of Education, 2002

Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation
Surgeon General's Conference on Health Disparities and Mental Retardation. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2002

A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and their Families
President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education, July 2002

People With Disabilities: Strengthening the 21st Century Workforce [PDF 2.53 MB]
Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, 26 July 2002
Final Report of the Task Force.

Archival Reports

Information Technology and People with Disabilities: The Current State of Federal Accessibility
Civil Rights Division. U.S. Department of Justice, 2001
This report contains the results of the first Executive Branch-wide section 508 evaluation. It also recommends specific inexpensive, cost-effective, and easily accomplishable measures to improve the extent to which federal agencies' technology is accessible to people with disabilities.

Investing in Independence: Transition Recommendations for President George W. Bush
National Council on Disability, January 2001

Renewing the Pledge: Expanding Employment Opportunities for Adults with Disabilities [PDF 365 K]
Rreport to the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities. U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 2000

Re-Charting the Course; Turning Points: The Third Report of the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
The Task Force, December 2000

Sharing the Dream: Is the ADA Accommodating All
U.S. Civil Rights Commission, October 2000

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Chapter 1 -- Mental Health and Mental Illness: A Public Health Approach
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1999

Students With Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation, and Outcomes [PDF 352 K]
Office of Educational Research and Improvement. U.S. Department of Education, June 1999

Equality of Opportunity: The Making of the Americans with Disabilities Act
National Council on Disability, 1997

Achieving Independence: The Challenge for the 21st Century; A Decade of Progress in Disability Policy; Setting an Agenda for the Future
National Council on Disability, 1996

Voices of Freedom: America Speaks Out on the ADA; A Report to the President and Congress
National Council on Disability, 1995

On the Threshold of Independence: Progress on Legislative Recommendations from Toward Independence: A Report to the President and to the Congress of the United States
National Council on the Handicapped, 1988

Toward Independence: An Assessment of Federal Laws and Programs Affecting Persons with Disabilities -- with Legislative Recommendations: A Report to the President and to the Congress of the United States
National Council on the Handicapped, 1986