I ask you to join with me in the important effort of making CRPD ratification in the United States a reality. When the Obama Administration completes its review and submits the CRPD to the U.S. Senate for its consent for ratification, we must come together as the American disability community and proclaim “Yes to Ratification.”

Click here for the full text of Tony's message. 

Thank you!  In recognition of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 2010, USICD members and allies delivered a letter to Senators Kerry and Lugar of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, calling for their bipartisan leadership toward United States ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Please read our letter to the Senators here. 

As a child, she was rejected.  Through music, she found acceptance.  Today, she is the star of an Oscar-winning documentary, "Music by Prudence" and an advocate for persons with disabilities.

USICD, Human Rights Watch, and the World Bank together welcomed the documentary's star and its director to Washington, DC, on May 6, 2010. 

Read the full article here.

July 24, 2009, President Barack Obama signs the order for the United States to become a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the East Room of the White House.  Read USICD's media release about this event here.  Photo Courtesy Rehabilitation International. 

Welcome to USICD's new website.  We hope to build a site that offers our members and visitors more information, resources, and links to the international disability community than ever before.  Our longterm vision for the site includes member features, greater interactivity, and multimedia content.

Please visit our Member Profiles page to learn about the exciting work of USICD members.  Browse our CRPD Information page under Resources for factual materials about this world-changing treaty.  Or explore our Initiatives section to learn about the different project areas where USICD is working.  We welcome suggestions for creating a valuable web home that serves users' needs and offers the technology and content you are seeking.  Please visit again for further updates!