[Colorado-talk] Fwd: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Congratulations to Scott Labarre and our Federation Family!

[Dan Burke]

A celebration for the Federation and our will to ensure equality, and
to our NFB of Colorado President for his role in making right happen
in this long, long case! Thanks and congratulations from Julie and I
Scott, and to the other key members of the legal and Federation team!

Dan


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From: "Riccobono, Mark via State-affiliate-leadership-list"
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:58:58 +0000
Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Congratulations to Scott
Labarre and our Federation Family!
To: "State Affiliate Leadership
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I just wanted to give a public congratulations to Scott Labarre who
has seen this case through for all these many years. This is a great
victory for blind people!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
cdanielsen at nfb.org<mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>


National Federation of the Blind Applauds
Historic Iowa Supreme Court Decision

Decision Affirms Right of Blind People to Enter Chiropractic Medicine Field

Des Moines, Iowa (June 27, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind
(NFB)<http://www.nfb.org/> today applauded the Iowa Supreme Court for
its decision in the landmark case of Aaron Cannon and Davenport Civil
Rights Commission v. Palmer College of Chiropractic. In a five to two
ruling, the Iowa Supreme Court reinstituted the decision of the
Davenport Civil Rights Commission, which found that Palmer College of
Chiropractic violated Aaron Cannon's rights under the Americans with
Disabilities Act and Iowa law by requiring that chiropractic students
possess sight and by not providing Cannon the reasonable accommodation
of a sighted reader. The commission also ordered that Palmer reinstate
Cannon and pay economic damages.

"We know that blind men and women have successfully obtained
chiropractic degrees and practiced chiropractic medicine for decades,"
said Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind.
"Today's ruling affirms the right of all blind people to an equal
education, specifically regarding the ability of the blind to pursue
medical careers."

"For a long time, courts have given academic institutions almost
absolute deference in determining whether to provide accommodations to
students with disabilities. Today's decision makes a critically
important statement that even though educational institutions have the
right to determine their curricula, they still must provide equal
opportunity and accommodations," said Scott LaBarre, the attorney for
Aaron Cannon who argued the case before the Iowa Supreme Court.

Aaron Cannon was represented by attorneys Scott LaBarre and Susan
Rockwood Gashel of the Denver firm LaBarre Law Offices and by Alan
Olson of Olson Law Offices from Des Moines. Mehgan Sidhu, general
counsel for the Federation, filed an amicus brief on behalf of the
National Federation of the Blind.



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Mark A. Riccobono, M.S.ed
Executive Director, Jernigan Institute
National Federation of the Blind
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
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expectations of blind people, because low expectations create
obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life
you want; blindness is not what holds you back.




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Dan Burke
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