Disability in the News
NOD President Carol Glazer Comments on TV Series “Push Girls”
Fox News quoted NOD President Carol Glazer about the reality TV series Push Girls, which begins its second season this Sunday. The show that chronicles the lives of Los Angeles residents who use wheelchairs.
Good Morning America Interviews NOD President on Redesigned Accessibility Symbol
NOD's President Carol Glazer made an appearance on ABC News' Good Morning America to discuss an update to the traditional accessibility symbol in New York City to make it a more dynamic, less passive symbol.
Listen to NOD Board Member, Lieutenant General (RET) Franklin Hagenbeck’s Radio Interviews
On January 15, 2013, Washington, D.C., NOD released the results of its Wounded Warrior Careers Four-Year Report.
Listen to NOD Board Member, Lieutenant General (RET) Franklin Hagenbeck on the radio, speaking about the results of NOD's Four-Year Report on its Wounded Warriors Careers Program.
Disabled Workers at Disadvantage in Job Hunt
January 2, 2013, New Jersey - NOD Director of Corporate Programs, Meg O'Connell is featured in an article published by the Press of Atlantic City, Disabled Workers at Disadvantage in Job Hunt.
Listen as Carol Glazer Makes a New Year’s Challenge to Fortune 500 CEOs on KMOX radio
December 27, 2012 - NOD President Carol Glazer appears on KMOX radio to challenge Fortune 500 CEO's to make a New Year's resolution to hire more people with disabiltiies.
National Organization on Disability Salutes JPMorgan Chase
Company honored in ‘NOD Salutes’ series
December 27, 2012, New York, NY – The National Organization on Disability (NOD) salutes JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm, for its support of veterans, notably veterans with disabilities.
NOD President Challenges ‘Fortune 500’ CEOs to Resolve to Hire More People with Disabilities
December 26, 2012, New York, NY – As a New Year approaches, Carol Glazer, President of the National Organization on Disability (NOD), is challenging our nation’s Fortune 500 CEOs to consider an entirely new approach to their New Year’s resolutions: Hire more people with disabilities in 2013.
Statement from NOD Chairman Tom Ridge on Senate’s Failure to Ratify Disability Rights Convention
December 5, 2012, New York, NY – Governor Tom Ridge, chairman of the National Organization on Disability (NOD) today issued a statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s failure yesterday to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD):
“I am disappointed in the Senate’s failure to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities..."
“Hiring Disabled is Good Business” Gov. Ridge Op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, PA, December 3, 2012 - When I was governor, I had the privilege of leading trade missions to explore international opportunities for Pennsylvania companies. I came to know many business leaders personally, and I learned that successful American companies all have something in common: a motivated workforce empowered to deliver results.
National Organization on Disability Salutes Staff Sergeant Harry Louque
Retired Marine and Army Soldier recognized for “NOD Salutes” series in honor of Veterans Day
New York, NY, November 13, 2012 – This Veterans Day, NOD salutes Harry Louque, a medically retired Staff Sergeant who served combat tours in both Iraq and Kuwait as an Infantry Squad Leader and Sniper in the 82nd Airborne Division. Louque is a participant of NOD’s Wounded Warrior Careers program.
