Submit your public comment to NCD

Next Public Comment Opportunity November 9, 2026:

Tribal/rural Town Hall in Phoenix, Arizona, also livestreamed on Zoom for Government

Times for the event are Mountain Standard Time (MST)

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

11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Town Hall (Topics including )

12:40 – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch Break

2 – 4:30 p.m. – Town Hall Continued

Topics:

• Housing
• Employment
• Education
• Independent Living
• Healthcare
• Transportation

Public participation during the public comment period provides an opportunity for us to hear from individuals, businesses, providers, educators, parents and advocates. Your comments are important in bringing to the Council’s attention the issues and priorities of the disability community.

The Council will receive comments from in-person commenters first, and time allowing, from Tribal and rural community members who attend via Zoom for Government livestream. Comments are also always accepted via email.

To provide public comment during an NCD Council Meeting, NCD 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 (if applicable), state, and topic of comment in the body of your email.

Deadline for public comment registration is November 7, 2026, 8:00 p.m. EST. Please indicate if you are providing the comment in-person, via livestream or only submitting via email.

Comments during this meeting will be used for data to inform NCD’s upcoming Incidents of Disabilities and Accessibility on Tribal Land report and should focus on Tribal and rural experiences with housing, employment, education, independent living, healthcare, and transportation.

To provide comments by email, please send personal experiences, and/or articles, data, and other research on the following topics to PublicComment@ncd.gov.

Your contributions will help strengthen our investigations and provide for a more comprehensive view for federal policymakers.

Helpful Information

NCD will call upon as many individuals who registered as possible as time permits. However, all public comment submissions sent via email will be collected and reviewed.

If you cannot attend the meeting, were not called upon, or prefer to submit a written comment, please submit your comment to PublicComment@ncd.gov with the topic in the header. Written comments are accepted both before and after NCD meetings.

All individuals called upon to make comments will be allotted five minutes to speak.

Council Members will not respond to questions or engage in discussion with commenters.

Comments must be specific to the selected topic for the meeting. While public comment may be submitted on any topic over email, comments received during NCD meetings should be specific to the topic selected for the meeting. Those who make comments on topics other than the selected topic may be asked to stop speaking.

If there is time remaining, individuals who did not register can indicate interest in being selected to speak and may be called upon at the discretion of the agency.

What to Expect

When the Public Comment session begins, please be available and prepared to present your comments when called upon.

Those preregistered will be placed in a queue and will be called upon to present their comments.

When a person called to present, they will be asked to begin.

A warning will be given before the end of the five minute time limit, and the presenter will be stopped at five minutes.