The National Forum on Disability Issues is a non-partisan forum where presidential contenders are scheduled to offer their visions of policy that affects people with disabilities. Invitees include President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. [Read more…]

A giant in the Independent Living Movement and a dear friend to the NCIL community, Patricio “Pat” Figueroa Jr., passed away peacefully at the age of 63 on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at Albany Medical Center after a recent illness.

Pat was at the forefront of the Disability Rights and Independent Living Movements. He founded the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York, co-founded the 504 Democratic Club, and was the publisher of the national Independent Living newspaper Independence Today. [Read more…]