Federal court: ADA covers people with diabetes
February 14th, 2009From the Los Angeles Times:
In a decision with potential implications for the nation’s 24 million diabetics, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Type 2 diabetes patient may be entitled to the protections of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court was wrong when it dismissed a case brought by Larry Rohr of Mesa, Arizona, on the grounds that diabetes was not a disability.
Friday’s ruling underscored that the ADA, as enacted in 1990 and amended last year, “expects employers to make reasonable accommodations and together with employees to find a way to maintain employment,” said Paula Pearlman, who heads the Disability Rights Legal Center at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
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