æz ɛɡzˈɛkjuːtˌɪv dᵻɹˈɛktɚɹ ʌvðə nˈæʃənəl kˈaʊnsəl ˌɔn dˌɪsɐbˈɪləɾi ˌɛnsˌiːdˈiː ɪnðə mˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z, ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾɪŋ tə pɹˌɛzɪdˈɛnʃəli ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd kˈaʊnsəl mˈɛmbɚz nˈoʊɾəbli ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ vˈaɪs tʃˈɛɹmən dʒˈʌstɪn dˈɑːɹt dʒˌeɪˈɑːɹ., fɹˈiːdən ˌoʊvɚsˈɔː ðə wˈɜːk ʌv ɹˈɑːbɚt bˈɜːɡdoːɹf ɪn ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ðə fˈɜːst dɹˈæfts ʌv wʌt wʌz tə bɪkˌʌm ðɪ ˈeɪdə.
As Executive Director of the National Council on Disability (NCD) in the mid-1980s, reporting to presidentially appointed Council members notably including Vice Chairman Justin Dart Jr., Frieden oversaw the work of Robert Burgdorf in writing the first drafts of what was to become the ADA.