Affiliations: Senior Disability Advocacy Specialist, National Disability Rights Network, Co-Chair of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Employment and Training Task Force, Washington, DC, USA | Inter-National Association of Business, Industry and Rehabilitation, Washington, DC, USA | Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, DC, USA | National Down Syndrome Congress, Roswell, GA, USA | Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, Rockville, MD, USA | NISH (Ability One), Vienna, VA, USA
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Cheryl Bates-Harris, 900 2nd Street NE, ste 211, Washington, DC 20002, USA. E-mail: Cheryl.Bates-Harris@ndrn.org
Abstract: The Employment and Training Task Force, of the CCD, coalition which advocates on behalf of people with disabilities and chronic conditions and their families, is a smaller group within the coalition that addresses Federal disability employment issues, working to secure national public policy that advances self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion in employment for individuals with disabilities. The Task Force supports improvements to Social Security disability work programs, critical avenues for social security beneficiaries to gain access to employment, to make it more effective in serving those who rely on it.
Keywords: CCD, Employment and Training Task Force, disability, WIPA, incentives
