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Abstract: 

This article should be of interest to all student affairs professionals, not just those concerned with students in the health professions. Dr. Rowe reviews recent legal cases pertaining to disability discrimination claims filed by students in medical schools and other health professions programs. A review of these recent cases should provide guidance to administrators in developing programs and policies that are sensitive to the needs of disabled students and that enable the school to maintain and uphold high academic and behavioral standards while making fair and reasonable accommodations where appropriate.

Keywords: Americans with Disabilities Act; reasonable accommodations; Palmer College of Chiropractic v. Davenport Civil Rights Commission & Aaron Cannon; Argenyi v. Creighton University; Featherstone v. Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences; McCulley

Affiliations:  1: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.