Utah nursing student fights to get accommodations related to her disability

Maria Thomson and her service dog, Daisy

The Salt Lake Tribune reported on Maria Thomson's story. 

"In June 2022, Thomson, Ramp-Adams and the school’s ADA coordinator met to discuss a publication from The Journal of Professional Nursing, about how to accommodate students with service dogs in clinical settings. After that, Thomson said, she met with lab instructors at the start of every semester to introduce them to Daisy and work out logistics."

"When the school changed its name to Joyce, Thomson said, it replaced its ADA coordinator with an employee who didn’t have training in that field. “That’s kind of where my problems began,” she said, “just because there wasn’t that person there that understood and was able to help me navigate certain situations.”

"The cascade of issues that led to Thomson’s expulsion from Joyce happened in a stretch of just over a month."

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A Utah nursing student's lawsuit highlights a debate over how the Americans With Disabilities Act is enforced. (sltrib.com)

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Donna