In Fiscal Year 2006, EEOC received 15,625 charges of disability discrimination. EEOC resolved 15,045 disability discrimination charges in FY 2006 and recovered $48.8 million in monetary benefits for charging parties and other aggrieved individuals (not including monetary benefits obtained through litigation).
source: http://www.eeoc.gov/types/ada.html
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