making a campus accessable for wheelchairs ect. is not the same as preparing
for effects of someone who is compusivly starving herself to death. trained
medical personel have problems with this. people can and do die even in an
ER. how can a school accomodate this?

-----Original Message-----
From: David Parker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 7:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Anorexic Student Sues College


In reality, since the college (as they all do) accepts federal funding, they
are under ADA....I can also speak a a parent of a Sophomore at Stonehill
that
they have done a wonderful jon of making the campus accessable during a
major
construction phase. As the older brother of a youngster who relies on a
wheelchair, my older son (the Stonehill stident is acutely aware of the
conditions on the campus and was proud to point out situtations where the
college was made aware of accessability problems for individuals and were
able to correct things within a matter of hours and days.

Fr Creagan, who is the new president, was also responsible for making
significant changes without the force of the law in the parish that he
operated in the south Bronx, before he was made Pres

David
Stonehill father

> Hi. . .
>
>  Just something to think about.
>  We may not have enough details here but it was made clear that this is a
>  Catholic college.  I would have to go back and look at the text of the
ADA
> in
>  ddetail - which I have not yet done, but the ADA may not apply here
because
>  of separation of Church and State.
>
>  It's my understanding at present, although I may be incorrect that if the
>  Catholic Church "runs" the school,
>  for example owns the land on which it is built,has representatives in the
> key
>  positions on the Board of Directors etc, then the ADA does not apply in
this
>  case.
>  I am going to look at the law in more detail.
>  I would urge anyone with an interest in this case to do the same.
>
>  We can discuss what is ethically correct, what "should" and "ought" to be
>  until the cows come home, but as this is a legal case the law (and
hopefully
>  the ethical interpretation thereof) will be the final reference.  I have
>  conflicting feelings about the case.
>