NCD to hold youth leadership conference

News Release    NCD #99_270
        June 10, 1999
                                           Contact:  Mark S. Quigley
                                                        202-272-2004

           1999 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FOR YOUTH 
                                WITH
          DISABILITIES TO BE HELD IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
                                  
WASHINGTON_The 1999 National Leadership Conference for 
Youth with Disabilities will be held June 22-26, 1999, starting daily at 
9:00 a.m., at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary 
Road, Alexandria, Virginia.  
        The conference, which is by invitation only, will bring together 
young adult leaders from around the country who have diverse racial, 
ethnic, and disability backgrounds, to foster their development as 
leaders and encourage their participation in all aspects of American 
society.  The conference promotes hands-on leadership development 
by involving young people in designing, planning, and implementing a 
conference that draws upon their interests, values, skills, and abilities.  
It also promotes young adult leadership development through peer 
and adult mentoring programs, opportunities to meet national leaders 
in the areas of disability history, culture, law, and policy, education 
and training for independent living, long-term employment, and health 
consciousness.  
        This year's conference is coordinated by the National Council 
on Disability (NCD) and sponsored with five other federal agencies 
and private sector organizations.  Sponsors include:
 U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services; Social
Security Administration, Office of Disability and Income Security 
Programs; U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental 
Disabilities, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention, and the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration; the Presidential Task Force 
on Employment of Adults with Disabilities; and the President's 
Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.  The 
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation is the primary private sponsor.
        For more information on the conference, visit NCD's award-
winning Web site (http://www.ncd.gov/youth/conf99.html) or call 
Mark S. Quigley at 202-272-2004.

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