This pamphlet reprints the preface, contents, executive summary, and 27 recommendations from an extensive report on disability prevention issued by the Committee on a National Agenda for the Prevention of Disabilities. The summary notes that disability is a social, public health, and moral issue in addition to a medical issue. It cites statistics on the incidence of disabling conditions, and offers an overview of the conceptual framework of disability used in the report, composed of pathology, impairment, functional limitation, and disability. The summary then discusses prevention of disabilities across the life cycle: developmental disabilities, injury-related disabilities, disabilities associated with chronic disease and aging, and secondary conditions associated with disability. The 27 recommendations deal with the areas of: organization and coordination of a national program for the prevention of disability, surveillance, research, access to care and preventive services, and professional and public education. (JDD)