[blindlaw] FW: Iowa Supreme Court Opinions -- Favorable opinions in two disability cases -- sighted reader for chiropractic student who is blind -- and multiple sclerosis is a disability

Aaron Cannon cannona at fireantproductions.com
Fri Jun 27 15:38:51 UTC 2014


Thank you all for your support.  It has been greatly appreciated.  I
would especially like to publicly thank Scott and the NFB, and its
leaders.  This undoubtedly would not have happened without their
selfless sacrifice and countless hours of hard work.  My family and I
are truly grateful.

Aaron

On 6/27/14, Tai Blas via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> A victory for blind students in medical education and beyond. Our own Scott
> LaBarre was involved in this case! Congratulations to Aaron Cannon, the
> Davenport Civil Rights Commission, and others fighting this fight!
>
> Tai
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandler, Leonard
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 9:12 AM
> Cc: Blas, Tai A
> Subject: FW: Iowa Supreme Court Opinions -- Favorable opinions in two
> disability cases -- sighted reader for chiropractic student who is blind --
> and multiple sclerosis is a disability
>
>
> http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Supreme_Court/Supreme_Court_Opini
> ons/Recent_Opinions/20140627/index.asp
> The Cannon decision is extremely important for educational institutions and
> other entities -- it addresses the deference due academic and other program
> standards and is a primer on reasonable accommodation and fundamental
> alteration.
>
> Congrats to everyone involved:
>
> Decided in favor of the Davenport Civil Rights
> Commission**************http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Supreme_C
> ourt/Supreme_Court_Opinions/Recent_Opinions/20140627/12-0924.pdf
>
> Scott	Palmer Coll. of Chiropractic v. Davenport Civil Rights Commission
> Davenport Civil Rights Commission (DCRC) and Aaron Cannon, who is blind,
> brought a complaint against Palmer College of Chiropractic (PCC), alleging
> it refused to provide a sighted reader as a necessary accommodation for
> Cannon to pass the required courses. They appeal the district court's
> ruling
> on judicial review, which reversed the DCRC's final order. They argue: (1)
> the district court misconstrued the Davenport Civil Rights Ordinance, Iowa
> Civil Rights Act, Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities
> Act; (2) the use of a sighted reader would not fundamentally alter the
> nature of Palmer's Chiropractic Program; (3) and the district court failed
> to give appropriate deference to the DCRC's findings of fact and
> application
> of the law to those facts pursuant to Iowa Code section 17A.19(11)(c).
>
>
> 13-0010 -- Reversed and remanded
> Polk	Goodpaster v. Schwan's Home Serv., Inc.
> The plaintiff appeals from the district court's ruling granting the
> defendants summary judgment on plaintiff's action based on his claim the
> defendants engaged in disability discrimination against him in violation of
> the Iowa Civil Rights Act, Iowa Code chapter 216 (2011), after he was
> diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis.
> http://www.iowacourts.gov/About_the_Courts/Supreme_Court/Supreme_Court_Opini
> ons/Recent_Opinions/20140627/12-0924.pdf
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