Affiliations: Penn State University, Department of Counselor
Education. Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services, 313 CEDAR
Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Tel.: +1 814 863 6115; E-mail:
lmc11@psu.edu | Kent State University, Department of Educational
Foundations and Special Services, Kent, OH, USA
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Abstract: This article describes findings from an empirical investigation of
the pattern of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title I case resolutions
by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) involving
people with HIV/AIDS (n = 2,078) in comparison to the pattern of ADA Title I
case resolutions involving all other people with disabilities between 1993 and
2002 (n = 187,684). Chi-square analysis revealed that people with HIV/AIDS are
significantly more likely than other complainants to receive settlement
benefits from their employers, to have their cases resolved with findings of
reasonable cause, and to have their cases closed administratively by the EEOC.
People with HIV/AIDS are less likely than other complainants to have charges
resolved with a finding of no reasonable cause and to have their complaints
resolved via other closures. Implications of these findings for vocational
rehabilitation practice are presented.
