The NCIL Board approved several position papers during the July Board Meeting.  Among these were the Voting Guiding Statement and Positions on Accessible Taxis and Personal Assistant Services.

NCIL Membership approved and Legislative and Advocacy Subcommittees are considering how to implement resolutions on:

Medical Mistreatment of People with Disabilities,
Medically Unnecessary Growth Attenuation and the Right to Bodily Integrity,
Resolution to Oppose Involuntary Medical Futility Judgments,
Protecting the Rights of Parents with Disabilities, and
The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

View the Resolutions

If NCIL members are interested in serving on a task force to consider a proposed resolution on Opposition to Involuntary Medical “Futility” Judgment, please contact NCIL member Diane Coleman at ndycoleman@aol.com or 708-209-1500.

Who will take up the cause for the Rights of Parents with Disabilities?  NCIL members who are interested in serving on a task force to consider a proposed resolution protecting the Rights of Parents with Disabilities, please contact Deb Cotter, Policy Analyst, at Deb@ncil.org or (202) 207-0334, ext. 1008. A task force will be created based on member interest.

If you are not yet a NCIL member and received this notice via another source, please join NCIL http://www.ncil.org/membership.html and participate in these and other task forces and subcommittees.