Watch the MSCOD 40th Anniversary Event We have it listed in four segments. Segment 1: https://youtu.be/FIZBN8Ha4JI Segment 2: https://youtu.be/WLtoUYLgbQ8 Segment 3: https://youtu.be/iU-6YuTp_s4 Segment 4: https://youtu.be/QhAxLoenihQ
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Watch the MSCOD Vote Rights Town Hall March 2013
Watch the MSCOD Vote Rights Town Hall March 2013. Video is open captioned.
Watch the History of MSCOD 40th Anniversary Video 2013
You can watch the video “History of MSCOD 40th Anniversary Video 2013” on YouTube now.
Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan Is Available Online
The 2013 Minnesota Olmstead Plan is now posted online. You can find the Olmstead Plan (along with other resources, such as notes from subcabinet meetings and drafts of the plan) on Minnesota’s Olmstead Plan website.
Urge Ratification of the United Nations Disability Treaty
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was signed by the United States in 2009, but it has not yet been ratified by the US Senate. The CRPD would not require any additional law or spending changes. Instead, it would spread many of the rights put forth in the ADA to people around the world. Please call Minnesota’s United States Senators and tell them to keep pressing for ratification of this important Convention.
MSCOD Announces Annual Awards Winners
The Minnesota State Council on Disability held its 40th Anniversary Annual Awards Event on Thursday, October 17, 2013. MSCOD holds this yearly event to observe October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month and to give recognition to those who have done outstanding work impacting the lives of people with disabilities.