Excerpt from: Law Offices of Matthew Stoloff (click for full article)
In May 2012, I wrote about toddlers and children with diabetes who face discrimination at day care centers and summer camps. In that blog post, I explained that children with diabetes are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act and cannot be excluded from public and private day-care centers based on their diabetic condition. I also provided links to settlement agreements entered into between the US Department of Justice and various child care centers and day camps.
In December 2012, another day care center, Toddlers ‘N Tots, Inc., agreed to enter into a settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice, agreeing not to discriminate against children with epilepsy. Additionally, Toddlers ‘N Tots agreed to train its staff to administer Diastat (Diazepam) when a child with epilepsy has a seizure.
This is a very important settlement agreement because it outlines what happened; why the day care center violated the Americans with Disabilities Act; and what the day care center must do to remedy the situation.
0Every parent with a child with epilepsy — and every day care center — should be familiar with this settlement agreement.
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