Currently accepting nominations for the 2025 annual Inclusion and Youth Leadership Awards.





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*For Immediate Release *

**November 6, 2025 
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*Governor’s Council on Disability seeks nominations for annual recognition awards*

*JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.* –The Governor’s Council on Disability (GCD) is currently accepting nominations for the 2025 annual Inclusion and Youth Leadership Awards.

The Inclusion Award (34th year) is presented annually to recognize private and public employers, individuals, businesses or organizations that have worked toward greater disability inclusion by taking exceptional, proactive and innovative measures to integrate and mainstream people with disabilities into their programs, activities and operations. The nomination form and criteria for the Inclusion Award are available here [ [link removed] ]. 

The Youth Leadership Award (13th year) recognizes an outstanding Missouri youth (age 16-26) with a disability that has demonstrated exemplary leadership by engaging in activities that improve the quality of life of people with disabilities in their communities in Missouri. The nomination form and criteria for the Youth Leadership Award are available here [ [link removed] ].

Any individual or organization can nominate a person, business, government agency or other organization. The nominee must be a Missouri resident, or their organization must be based in Missouri. Nominations in past years have come from organizations, schools, community leaders and individuals. 

Please follow the links above to submit your online nominations. *The deadline for submitting nominations is January 31, 2026.*

The Governor’s Council on Disability [ [link removed] ] promotes full participation and inclusion of the nearly one million Missourians with disabilities in all aspects of community life by educating citizens, businesses, schools, organizations and others of their rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

For more information or questions, contact the Governor’s Council on Disability at (573) 751-2600.

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Press Contact: Shayne Martin, Public Information Officer; (573) 522-0644.








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