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Federal ruling acknowledges that complex trauma can qualify as a disability for students
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
campus legal advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6239
pISSN - 1531-3999
DOI - 10.1002/cala.30286
Subject(s) - lawsuit , class action , class (philosophy) , action (physics) , psychology , mathematics education , medical education , medicine , law , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , state (computer science) , algorithm , quantum mechanics
A federal judge ruled in a preliminary hearing for a class action lawsuit by five students and three teachers from the Compton Unified School District that students who have experienced trauma could be eligible for some of the same protections as students with disabilities.