Reasonable accommodation of teachers with amputated legs in public schools

The year is 1985. A man applies for a teaching position at the local high school. Despite his stellar educational credentials and his being the best qualified candidate for the position, he is denied the job. The reason is because he has no legs and is confined to a wheelchair. The high school is ve...

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Published in:Equal Opportunities International 2005-07, Vol.24 (5/6), p.115-121
Main Authors: Hammond, Greg, Kleiner, Brian H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accommodation
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
Amputation
Buildings
Campus
Classrooms
Climb
Disabilities
Disability
Discrimination
Education
Elevators
Elevators & escalators
Employees
Employers
Handicapped accessibility
Legs
Local government
physical obstacles
Public schools
Schools
Secondary schools
Studies
Teachers
Teaching
Wheelchair access
Wheelchairs
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Summary:The year is 1985. A man applies for a teaching position at the local high school. Despite his stellar educational credentials and his being the best qualified candidate for the position, he is denied the job. The reason is because he has no legs and is confined to a wheelchair. The high school is very old and is not wheelchair accessible. There are no elevators, and even if the disabled man were assigned to a classroom on the first floor, there are a series of steps to climb to enter each building on campus, and the doorways to the classrooms are too narrow for a wheelchair to fit through. These are just a few of the myriad physical obstacles on campus that would prevent him from doing his job. The school officials regretfully send him on his way.
ISSN:0261-0159
2040-7149
1758-7093
2040-7157
DOI:10.1108/02610150510788231