Parents Fight Expulsion Due to Eating Disorder
Date: Thursday November 27, 2008Posted in: Business, Education
Tagged: Americans with Disabilities Act, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act, Concord (New Hampshire), Eating Disorders, New Hampshire
Recently expelled from privately owned and operated New Hampton School, parents of a 15 year old girl are fighting the expulsion based on the grounds of the Americans with Disabilities Act. While the new ADA Amendments Act do not go into effect until January 1, 2009 the parents are wishing to have either the expulsion overturned or a prorated refund given to the parents.
The eating disorder of the girl, anorexia, was cited as a disability under the ADA which maintains three requirements to be covered:
- Whether she has an impairment
- Whether that impairment affects a “major life activity”
- Whether the impact was substantial
Under the most recent rulings of the Supreme Court regarding disability cases and the ADA, the Supreme Court has ruled to narrowly interpret the meaning of impairment and disabilities. It would also seem that precedents would have been already set under the current interpretation of the law; however, these interpretations surely will change come January 1, 2009 when the ADA Amendments Act goes into effect.
Read the whole story here: Mother fights private school expulsion with lawsuit
