NCD Town Hall and Council Meeting, Nov. 9-10 2026, Phoenix, Arizona

The Members of the National Council on Disability (NCD) will hold an in-person Council meeting on Monday November 9, 2026, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 9:30 – 11:45 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST).

This hybrid meeting will take place at the Ability360 Conference Center, 5025 E. Washington St., Suite 200, Phoenix, Arizona 85034 and also be livestreamed via Zoom for Government videoconference and NCD’s YouTube Channel. Links will be provided in advance of the event.

Day 1 of the meeting will focus on a focus on a Tribal/rural community town hall with the U.S. Access Board and day 2 will be the Council's traditional business meeting.

AGENDA: The times provided below are approximations for when each agenda item is anticipated to be discussed (all Mountain Standard Time):

Monday, November 9, 2026

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. – Networking and Sign-In

9:30 – 9:35 a.m. – NCD Welcome, Call to Order

9:35 – 9:40 a.m. – Tribal Land acknowledgment

9:40 – 10:20 a.m. Local / Tribal Leadership Acknowledgment , Posting of Colors

10:20 – 10:40 a.m. - NCD Opening remarks, Introduction of Access Board Executive Director and Chair

10:40 – 11:10 a.m. - Panel Discussion and Presentation on Incidents of Disabilities and Accessibility on Tribal Land

11:10 – 11:30 a.m. – Break

11:30 – 11:40 a.m. – Town Hall Introduction

11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Town Hall (Topics including housing, employment, education, independent living, healthcare, transportation)

12:40 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break

2 – 4:30 p.m. – Town Hall Continued

4:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks, NCD Meeting Adjournment

Tuesday, November 9, 2026

9:30 – 9:35 a.m. – NCD Welcome, Call to Order; Roll Call

9:45 – 10:45 a.m. - Medicaid cuts and the future of community living

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. – Council Q&A of Panel

11:00 – 11:10 a.m. – Chairman’s Report

11:10 – 11:30 a.m. – Council Member Community Report Outs

11:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Executive Committee Report

11:45 a.m. – Adjourn

TOWN HALL: NCD and the U.S. Access Board will host a town hall for Tribal and rural communities to share comments on a variety of topics. Your comments are important in bringing to the Council’s attention and issues and priorities of the disability community and serve as a way to collect data for NCD’s Incidents of Disabilities and Accessibility on Tribal Land report.

For the November 9 town hall, NCD will accept comments both in-person and via Zoom for Government livestream and requests comments from the public on topics including: housing, employment, education, independent living, healthcare, and transportation. Additional information on specifics of the topic is available on NCD’s public comment page at https://ncd.gov/public-comment.

Due to the hybrid nature of the event, in-person presentations will be given priority.

To provide public comment during an NCD Council Meeting, NCD now requires advanced registration by either signing up to present while registering for the meeting or sending an email to PublicComment@ncd.gov with the subject line “Public Comment” and your name, tribal affiliation/organization, state, and topic of comment included in the body of your email.

Deadline for online registration is November 7, 8:00 p.m. EDT. In-person attendees may register at the town hall. Please indicate if you are providing the comment in-person, via Zoom for Government, or only submitting via email. All individuals desiring to make public comment are strongly encouraged to read NCD’s guidelines for public comment in advance of the meeting at: https://ncd.gov/public-comment.

While public comment can be submitted on any topic over email, comments during the meeting should be specific to experiences in Tribal or rural communities.

Please send NCD your comments to PublicComment@ncd.gov.

ACCOMMODATIONS: ASL Interpreters will be provided in-room and included during the live streamed meeting, and CART has been arranged for this meeting and will be embedded into the Zoom platform as well as available via streamtext link.

Due to last-minute confirmations or cancellations, NCD may substitute items without advance public notice.