Twenty-two years after George H.W. Bush signed the American Disability Act into law, questions remain on whether the law prevents hiring discrimination of disabled workers.

CDR still celebrated the many accomplishments of the bill in style with a 22nd ADA Anniversary Party Thursday, July 26, 2012. (see photos below)

Members who came enjoyed an array of fine eats including chicken and pasta salad and played a game of ADA trivia with a selection of prizes including flash drives, picture frames, Whiffle Ball sets and special pasta.

PBS Newshour’s Judy Woodruff talks to U.S. Business Leadership Network’s Jill Houghton and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) about efforts to employ more disabled people.

Judy Woodruff: Now, unemployment as it affects people with disabilities.

That was the subject of much attention today on the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act. During the recession, disabled workers were hit five times as hard as other workers when it came to losing their jobs. People with disabilities have also had more trouble finding new jobs during the recovery.

Now there’s a new push from some leaders in politics and business to fight those trends, including by the new chairman of the National Governors Association, Delaware’s Jack Markell, who says he plans to make this his signature issue.

Well, we talk now to two individuals closely involved with all these efforts. Senator Tom Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa, he is the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee. And Jill Houghton, she’s the executive director of the non-profit U.S. Business Leadership Network.

For more on this story, visit: At ADA Anniversary, Disabled Workers Still Struggle More with Unemployment | PBS NewsHour | July 26, 2012 | PBS.