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Resolutions

Each year, NCIL members have the opportunity to submit resolutions for consideration by the NCIL board and membership. The purpose of resolutions is for members to speak directly to what NCIL does and what NCIL stands for. A resolution, if adopted, is a formal opinion from NCIL or a commitment to taking action on a specific topic.

Only NCIL members – individuals and organizations – are eligible to submit a resolution for consideration and / or submit comments during the comment period. Resolutions have to be submitted at least 90 days prior to the start of the NCIL Annual Conference (April 22, 2025).

NCIL Guide to Resolution Writing

  • Resolution on Protective Services

  • Resolution on Guardianship

  • Resolution Opposing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)

  • Resolution Opposing Disability-Based Discrimination In Organ Transplantation

  • Resolution Opposing the Use of QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years)

  • Inclusive Emergency Management

  • Access Ready Environments

  • Voter Verification Systems

  • Do No Harm – Implementation of WIOA Regulations and Guidance Regarding CILs & SILCs

  • Allies not Adversaries – Developing Collaboration between Centers for Independent Living and Adult Protective Services

  • Support of APRIL’s Efforts to Increase Base Funding for Centers for Independent Living

  • Reform of the Definition of Disability in the Social Security Act Used to Award Disability Benefits

  • Disability Profiling

  • Abuse in Government Funded Residential Facilities

  • Exploitation of People with Disabilities

  • Mad Pride Day

  • Support for Consumers with Mental / Emotional Disabilities

  • Opposition to Involuntary Electroshock

  • Support of Healthy and Nontoxic Housing

  • Non-Discrimination, Advocacy and Outreach for GLBT People with Disabilities

  • Protecting the Rights of Parents with Disabilities

  • Opposition to Involuntary Medical “Futility” Judgments

  • Medically Unnecessary Growth Attenuation and the Right to Bodily Integrity

  • Medical Mistreatment of People with Disabilities

  • Calling on the United States to Sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  • Violence and Abuse of People with Disabilities

  • Totally Equal and Inclusive Access for People with Disabilities

  • Voting

  • Membership Criteria

  • Rights of People with Disabilities to Food and Water

  • Access to Transportation

  • Deductibility of Work-Related Expenses for Persons with Disabilities

  • MiCASSA, the Medicaid Community-based Services and Supports Act – A Vision for Community Services and Supports in America

  • Advocacy Regarding Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Electrical Sensitivities, Environmental Illness

  • 704 Guiding Principles

  • NCIL Support for Fair Housing

  • Multiculturalism in CILs and SILCs

  • Rural Transportation and Partnership with APRIL

  • Resolution Opposing the Legalization of Physician-Assisted Suicide