From CNN:

Marking the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, President Obama today signed an executive order to increase government hiring of people with disabilities.

“Not dependence but independence: That’s what the ADA was all about,” Obama said at a White House reception attended by several hundred guests, including Cabinet members, legislators and activists for the disabled.

A recent government report found that fewer than one percent of federal workers have targeted disabilities including deafness, blindness, missing limbs, partial or complete paralysis, convulsive disorders, mental retardation, mental illness and limb or spine distortions, as compared with one in five members of the general population.

Earlier posts here.

See also:

Remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder

Q&A with Kareem Dale, Obama’s top adviser on disability issues, in the Washington Post.

Q&A with Andy Imparato, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities, in the Washington Post.

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