Press Releases

 

NCPD Press Releases: Listed by date of release.

 

 

  2018 Loyola Press Opening Doors Award Winner Announcement  1/11/2019  PDF
  2016 Loyola Press Opening Doors Award Winner Announcement  12/22/2017  PDF
 Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments
With Persons with Disabilities, Revised Edition		  6/15/2017  PDF
 2016 Loyola Press Opening Doors Award Winner Announcement
 11/28/2016 PDF
 NCPD Participating in Living Fully 2016 at Vatican  6/16/2016 Word  PDF
 Winner of 2015 Loyola Press Opening Doors Award  12/18/15 PDF
ADA Interfaith Celebration  7/16/15 PDF
 NCPD Presents at Vatican Conference on Autism  11/20/14  PDF
 St. John Neumann Parish in Lilburn, Georgia Wins 2014 Loyola Press Award 11/7/14  PDF
 Disability Ministry Advocate Wins National Award  5/21/14  PDF
 Winners of NCPD Awards at Partnership 2013  11/22/13  PDF
 Winners of Loyola Press Opening Doors Award  11/18/2013  PDF
 NAfIM Joins Forces with NCPD  11/8/2013  PDF
 NCPD Press Release on Physician-Assisted Suicide  6/16/2011  PDF
 Dorothy Coughlin Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide  6/16/2011  PDF

 April is Autism Awareness Month

  2/11/2011  PDF

NCPD Statement on Tragedy in Tucson

 01/26/2011  PDF
 NCPD 2009: Mental Illness Awareness Initiative  06/18/2009  PDF
     

 

  • NCPD Council on Mental Illness Sponsors Web Seminar and Provides Resources in Observance of Mental Illness Awareness Week. (September 25, 2008)(PDF)

  • NCPD Board Issues Statement on Intiative 1000, the Washington State "Death with Dignity Act." (September 16, 2008)(PDF)

  • NCPD Board Issues Statement on Futile Care. (September 3, 2008)(PDF)

  • NCPD Governance Board Issues Statement on Growth Attenuation Executive Summary. (February 20, 2007) (PDF)
  • NCPD Governance Board Issues Statement on Growth Attenuation. (February 8, 2007)(PDF)
  • US Catholic Bishops, NCPD, and the Catholic Health Association Support Bill to Expand Community Living Supports under Medicaid. (September 21, 2006)(PDF)
  • NCPD Council on Mental Illness Encourages Observance of the National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Recovery & Understandintg and Mental Illness Awareness Sunday. (September 19, 2006)(PDF)
  • Mental Illness Council Launched. (May 18, 2006) 
  • Pioneer disability leader Reverend Bob Wagner passes away. (December 2, 2005)
  • NCPD Decries Federal Appeals Court Ruling Against Terri Schiavo. (March 25, 2005) (PDF)
  • New Executive Director Named For The National Catholic Partnership on Disability. (May 25, 2004) (PDF)
  • NCPD Highlights Differences Between Two Neurologically Disabled Individuals. (July 10, 2003) (PDF)
  • NCPD Expresses Concern About  Florida Court Case. (October 17, 2002) 
  • NCPD Concerned with President Bush's Decision on Embryonic Stem Cell Research. (August 10, 2001) (PDF)
  • NCPD Commends Ashcroft Decision. (November 26, 2001) (PDF)
  • NCPD Supports Morally responsible Stem Cell Research. (June 8, 2001)