Request for accommodation by disabled med school applicant exceeds ADA: Court

A disabled medical school applicant's request for accommodation exceeds what is required under the Americans with Disabilities Act, says a federal appeals court in upholding a Missouri medical school's withdrawal of her acceptance. Emily McCulley, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, which necessitates use of a wheelchair for mobility and limits her arm strength, was admitted to the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2011, according to last week's ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver in Emily McCulley v.



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