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Mental Health Parity Act Included in Economic Stimulus Package.
The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 was signed into law by President Bush on October 3, as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
New EEOC Publication Addresses Thorny ADA Issues.
What happens when an employee with a mental disability misbehaves in the workplace? If the mental disability causes the employee to misbehave and violate workplace conduct rules, can the employer discipline the employee?
Mind over matter: questions about intellectual disabilities.
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC), an estimated 2.5
million people in the United States have intellectual disabilities; that’s about one percent of the
entire population.
EEOC Offers Guidance on Intellectual Disabilities Under the ADA (pdf).
In October 2004 the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission published “Questions & Answers About
Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace
and the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
