(Clockwise from top left) Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), NCIL President Kelly Buckland, and NCIL Executive Director John Lancaster greet NCIL members after Kennedy accepted the Frank Harkin Memorial Award on behalf on his father, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), at the National Council on Independent Living conference in Washington on July 24, 2008. The award is named for Sen. Tom Harkin's (D-IA) deaf brother. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)