February 12, 2009
Appellate-Court Ruling May Provide 'Test Case' for New Disability Law
Federal disability law has changed enough in the past year that a federal court in Kentucky must reconsider its decision that a medical student does not qualify for special accommodations to take a licensing test, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on Wednesday.
The student, Kirk D. Jenkins, is in his third year at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, and he struggles to read.
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