Washington Is Getting It Right!

I was at a conference a few days ago that was attended by a variety of buercrats from several Federal agencies including The IRs, The Department of Interior, The Department of Defense among many others. The conference focused on diversity yet one of the major themes was disability. What I found out both astounded me & pleased me. The Federal government which consists of 2.6 million employees is mandated by law that by 2010 2% aof ALL workers must be those with disabilities. This is a truly bold move & the 2% coincides with the 20th anniversary of the signing of the ADA.

In hearing about this I was quite pleased that it was the government who is making the first move. Now, if only private industry could follow that path we may really be onto something!