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To honor Emergency Preparedness Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month the Minnesota State Council on Disability (MSCOD) presents the 2012 ANNUAL AWARDS EVENT and Panel Discussion. The event will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the DS Event Center in St. Paul on Thursday, October 18, 2012. Admission is $15. Learn about award recipients.

Register online for the MSCOD Annual Awards Event. Featuring NPR news correspondent Joseph Shapiro, author of ‘‘NO PITY: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement”.

Please join the Minnesota State Council on Disability and Pathways to Employment while we celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October. Plan to attend the MSCOD Annual Awards Event on October 18. We are thrilled to announce NPR news correspondent Joseph Shapiro is our freelance speaker. With the publication of his book ‘NO PITY: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement,’ Shapiro changes the tone of disability-related conversations in America.

Held each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is a national campaign that raises awareness about disability employment issues and celebrates the many and varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities. This year’s theme is “A Strong Workforce is an Inclusive Workforce: What Can YOU Do?” 

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Join MSCOD and other disability rights organizations as we celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26 in Minneapolis. There will be entertainment, updates on regulations, a motivational speaker and light refreshments.