Advocacy Monitor

Dear NCIL Supporter,

Your support of NCIL means everything to us. Whether you’re a NCIL member, you’ve attended one of our trainings or conferences, you’ve donated to us – or all of the above! – you are a part of making our crucial work happen on Capitol Hill and beyond. Now there’s a new way to support NCIL, by giving monthly.

Your monthly gift, given automatically through your credit or debit card will allow us to have the funds to advocate every day for Independent Living, on and off the Hill, twelve months a year.

NCIL is pleased to announce that we’ve been named as a 2019 recipient of the Clearinghouse Award for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities. The award is a result of NCIL’s Achieving Accessibility for Election Websites and Sample Ballots Toolkit.

U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Annual Clearinghouse “Clearie” Awards Recognize Outstanding Innovations in Elections, and Best Practices in Accessibility and Recruiting, Training and Retaining Election Workers. The EAC’s press release is available below.

July 20-23, 2020; Grand Hyatt, Washington

Deadline Extended

NCIL is extending the deadline for our 2020 Call for Workshop Proposals. We will now accept applications until Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Please visit our 2020 conference web page for more information.

Plain Language

We are also pleased to release the plain language version of our 2020 Call for Workshop Proposals.

• Call for Proposals – Plain Language
• Information for Presenters – Plain Language
• Application Form – Plain Language

The plain language application form is also available in Word or plain text.  

NCIL’s 2020 Annual Conference on Independent Living will be held July 20-23 in Washington, DC. Generous support from sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers last year resulted in a Conference of nearly 1,500 participants! We seek your partnership as we begin to prepare for our 2020 Annual Conference celebration.

Due to last year’s attendance, NCIL’s tremendous successes in 2019, and excitement surrounding the theme and the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the buzz has already started for this year’s Annual Conference on Independent Living, Evolution of Our Revolution.