By: Derek Hawkins//February 13, 2018//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: A.H., et al. v. Illinois High School Association
Case No.: 17-2456
Officials: BAUER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Rehabilitation Act and ADA Violation
A.H., a senior at Evanston Township High School, is a member of the school’s track and field team despite his physical limitations from spastic quadriplegia related to cerebral palsy. During his junior year, he requested that the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) create a separate division with different time standards for para-ambulatory runners in the Sectional and State championship track meets, as well as the annual 5K Road Race. The IHSA denied these requests, and A.H. filed this suit seeking injunctive relief under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a); and, Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12132, 12182(a). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the IHSA, finding that A.H.’s requests were not reasonable accommodations under the Rehabilitation Act and the ADA. We affirm.
Affirmed