Featured Items
MCD at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair
Join MCD at the Minnesota State Fair from August 22nd to September 2nd as we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary! Our booth in the Education Building offers a unique opportunity to talk directly with elected officials and agency leaders about disability issues that matter to you. Enjoy the festive fair atmosphere, gather valuable resources, and connect with the disability community. Check our event pages for guest schedules and accommodation details, and follow our social media for daily booth highlights. Join us in making Minnesota more inclusive – one conversation at a time! MCD at the 2024 Minnesota State Fair
MCD Is Hiring a Government Relations Director
MCD is hiring a Government Relations Director. Apply TODAY. The position closes August 28th.
As Government Relations Director, you’ll shape policies affecting people with disabilities. You will work with the Public Policy Director to secure funding and drive policy initiatives. This influential role involves developing strategies for planning, funding, and delivering statewide disability policies. Your special focus will be building relationships and policy proposals with other state agencies.
Be at the forefront of ensuring MCD’s legislative goals are met. Make a real difference in the lives of Minnesotans with disabilities. MCD Is Hiring a Government Relations Director
Featured Resources
We support and promote public policy goals that positively impact the lives of people with disabilities. MCD helps policymakers understand how their decisions affect the disability community and brings together members of the government and the public to comment on legislation.
Each session, lawmakers introduce dozens of bills that will impact the disability community. The amount of legislation introduced each session makes it a daunting task to follow the ones you might be interested in. We compile a list of disability-related legislation to make it easier for you to stay informed.
There are over half a million valid disability parking certificates and plates in Minnesota. We provide the “Do’s and Don’ts” of disability parking, as well as information on disability parking laws and regulations.
A service animal is a dog, or in some cases a miniature horse, individually trained to do work or perform tasks for someone with a disability. Service animals are different from Emotional Support Animals (ESA) and can go almost anywhere with their owners. MCD works to inform the public about service animals and protect the rights of people with disabilities.