I feel as if all I ever do these days is write about the Americans with Disabilities Act, but what else can I do? In the last six weeks, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed 21 lawsuits -- count em, 21! -- against employers alleging disability discrimination.

This is in addition to the $20MM settlement with Verizon (which I reported on earlier), not to mention a record high of ADA charges in fiscal year 2010, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

The EEOC is clearly feelin' frisky and also, if not trying to get a fast buck through pre-lawsuit settlements, trying to get some court precedent expansively defining who is disabled (yes, even more expansive than the plain language of the ADA Amendments Act, which is pretty flippin' expansive already) as well as an employer's obligations to make reasonable accommodations.