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People with mental health disabilities fare worse in discrimination lawsuits

01-10-2007 · EurekAlert!

Sixteen years after Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), people with psychiatric disabilities are faring worse in court cases against employers for discrimination than are people with physical disabilities, researchers have found in a national study.

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