Thursday, July 3, 2014

Blind Students and Health Professions

Article
Inside Higher Ed
Scott Jaschik
June 30, 2014

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ruled 5 to 2 that a chiropractic college violated the rights of a blind student by denying hi the use of a sighted reader to describe X-rays to him. The student, blind from birth, was unable to stay in the program when his request was rejected, and the Iowa court's decision may represent a shit in how courts consider the issue of health professions students with certain disabilities.

Full Story: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/30/iowa-supreme-court-says-chiropractic-college-discriminated-against-blind-student#sthash.fzyjidv9.dpbs

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