Therefore, if you file a discrimination charge, you should provide relevant documentation about the complexity of your specific psychiatric disability, the issues it may raise in the work place, and why you are qualified to do the job either with or without a reasonable accommodation. On the other hand, provide only relevant information. For example, do not provide extensive and repetitive notes about your feelings and thoughts. Too much information can confuse the picture you are trying to paint of the significant details of the discrimination. In filing charges, individuals with psychiatric disabilities 'self-report' their impairment or diagnosis to the investigator taking their charge.
Some individuals report having more than one kind of psychiatric disability.
ADA charges can be closed in six ways. In almost all cases, they are agreed upon before an investigation has been completed and the merits of the charge determined. Settlements - These are formal, written agreements between complainants and employers that resolve charges. Again, in almost all cases, they are agreed upon before an investigation has been completed and the merits of the charge determined. These represent failures to obtain an agreement between the complainant and an employer after an investigation has shown reasonable cause to believe that discrimination occurred.