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Sports Organization Discriminating against my daughter w/CF
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Mom2Brinly
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Thank you to those for your kind words of support- umm... for the rest of you! ;(
The organization is run through the city therefore the ADA act is in place. I will of course not take that route because i cannot waste anymore energy on this! She is only 7years old and reasonable accomodations must be made. I am NOT asking them to shorten the football game time because my child can't breath. jeez! If she had low fevs and couldn't jump do you really think i would ask the moon to be moved! It is in the hands of the parks and recreation director.
There are many other parents on the squad with no CF issues and the head coach/ex-friend has been totally out of line with. She basically has called hard rules and does not follow them herself. Being late to a game but her daughter does not sit out. She sends out the wrong field locations and then penalizes the child whe came late to sit out and not cheer because the parents took the cheer child to the wrong field in which she instructed. I could go on but it is too much.
Brinly just ABSOLUTELY loves cheer and i am stepping aside a bit until the 2 games that are left are over then she will get a ear full!
Thanks for listening!
Blythe
Mom to Brinly 7 w/cf
Thank you to those for your kind words of support- umm... for the rest of you! ;(
The organization is run through the city therefore the ADA act is in place. I will of course not take that route because i cannot waste anymore energy on this! She is only 7years old and reasonable accomodations must be made. I am NOT asking them to shorten the football game time because my child can't breath. jeez! If she had low fevs and couldn't jump do you really think i would ask the moon to be moved! It is in the hands of the parks and recreation director.
There are many other parents on the squad with no CF issues and the head coach/ex-friend has been totally out of line with. She basically has called hard rules and does not follow them herself. Being late to a game but her daughter does not sit out. She sends out the wrong field locations and then penalizes the child whe came late to sit out and not cheer because the parents took the cheer child to the wrong field in which she instructed. I could go on but it is too much.
Brinly just ABSOLUTELY loves cheer and i am stepping aside a bit until the 2 games that are left are over then she will get a ear full!
Thanks for listening!
Blythe
Mom to Brinly 7 w/cf
Mom2Brinly
New member
Follow up-
Thank you to those for your kind words of support- umm... for the rest of you! ;(
The organization is run through the city therefore the ADA act is in place. I will of course not take that route because i cannot waste anymore energy on this! She is only 7years old and reasonable accomodations must be made. I am NOT asking them to shorten the football game time because my child can't breath. jeez! If she had low fevs and couldn't jump do you really think i would ask the moon to be moved! It is in the hands of the parks and recreation director.
There are many other parents on the squad with no CF issues and the head coach/ex-friend has been totally out of line with. She basically has called hard rules and does not follow them herself. Being late to a game but her daughter does not sit out. She sends out the wrong field locations and then penalizes the child whe came late to sit out and not cheer because the parents took the cheer child to the wrong field in which she instructed. I could go on but it is too much.
Brinly just ABSOLUTELY loves cheer and i am stepping aside a bit until the 2 games that are left are over then she will get a ear full!
Thanks for listening!
Blythe
Mom to Brinly 7 w/cf
Thank you to those for your kind words of support- umm... for the rest of you! ;(
The organization is run through the city therefore the ADA act is in place. I will of course not take that route because i cannot waste anymore energy on this! She is only 7years old and reasonable accomodations must be made. I am NOT asking them to shorten the football game time because my child can't breath. jeez! If she had low fevs and couldn't jump do you really think i would ask the moon to be moved! It is in the hands of the parks and recreation director.
There are many other parents on the squad with no CF issues and the head coach/ex-friend has been totally out of line with. She basically has called hard rules and does not follow them herself. Being late to a game but her daughter does not sit out. She sends out the wrong field locations and then penalizes the child whe came late to sit out and not cheer because the parents took the cheer child to the wrong field in which she instructed. I could go on but it is too much.
Brinly just ABSOLUTELY loves cheer and i am stepping aside a bit until the 2 games that are left are over then she will get a ear full!
Thanks for listening!
Blythe
Mom to Brinly 7 w/cf
Mom2Brinly
New member
Follow up-
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<br />Thank you to those for your kind words of support- umm... for the rest of you! ;(
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<br />The organization is run through the city therefore the ADA act is in place. I will of course not take that route because i cannot waste anymore energy on this! She is only 7years old and reasonable accomodations must be made. I am NOT asking them to shorten the football game time because my child can't breath. jeez! If she had low fevs and couldn't jump do you really think i would ask the moon to be moved! It is in the hands of the parks and recreation director.
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<br />There are many other parents on the squad with no CF issues and the head coach/ex-friend has been totally out of line with. She basically has called hard rules and does not follow them herself. Being late to a game but her daughter does not sit out. She sends out the wrong field locations and then penalizes the child whe came late to sit out and not cheer because the parents took the cheer child to the wrong field in which she instructed. I could go on but it is too much.
<br />Brinly just ABSOLUTELY loves cheer and i am stepping aside a bit until the 2 games that are left are over then she will get a ear full!
<br />
<br />Thanks for listening!
<br />Blythe
<br />Mom to Brinly 7 w/cf
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<br />Thank you to those for your kind words of support- umm... for the rest of you! ;(
<br />
<br />The organization is run through the city therefore the ADA act is in place. I will of course not take that route because i cannot waste anymore energy on this! She is only 7years old and reasonable accomodations must be made. I am NOT asking them to shorten the football game time because my child can't breath. jeez! If she had low fevs and couldn't jump do you really think i would ask the moon to be moved! It is in the hands of the parks and recreation director.
<br />
<br />There are many other parents on the squad with no CF issues and the head coach/ex-friend has been totally out of line with. She basically has called hard rules and does not follow them herself. Being late to a game but her daughter does not sit out. She sends out the wrong field locations and then penalizes the child whe came late to sit out and not cheer because the parents took the cheer child to the wrong field in which she instructed. I could go on but it is too much.
<br />Brinly just ABSOLUTELY loves cheer and i am stepping aside a bit until the 2 games that are left are over then she will get a ear full!
<br />
<br />Thanks for listening!
<br />Blythe
<br />Mom to Brinly 7 w/cf
I agree- the ADA would apply in this situation. The earlier version of the ADA was more restrictive in who was covered, when it was rewritten in 1990, it was expanded to include private sector as well.
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<br>Here is a good link involving athletics. Much of it is discussing college athletics but early on sports such as Little League, Pop Warner, etc is mentioned so many of the principles outlined are the same. Much boils down to- once the person is determined to be disabled, are the accommodations reasonable and something that will impact the integrity of the game? There is a big difference between being allowed hydration for medical purposes and something like being allowed to play by entirely different rules.
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<br><a target="" title="" href="http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf">http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf
<br></a>
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<br>Here is a good link involving athletics. Much of it is discussing college athletics but early on sports such as Little League, Pop Warner, etc is mentioned so many of the principles outlined are the same. Much boils down to- once the person is determined to be disabled, are the accommodations reasonable and something that will impact the integrity of the game? There is a big difference between being allowed hydration for medical purposes and something like being allowed to play by entirely different rules.
<br>
<br><a target="" title="" href="http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf">http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf
<br></a>
<br>
I agree- the ADA would apply in this situation. The earlier version of the ADA was more restrictive in who was covered, when it was rewritten in 1990, it was expanded to include private sector as well.
<br>
<br>Here is a good link involving athletics. Much of it is discussing college athletics but early on sports such as Little League, Pop Warner, etc is mentioned so many of the principles outlined are the same. Much boils down to- once the person is determined to be disabled, are the accommodations reasonable and something that will impact the integrity of the game? There is a big difference between being allowed hydration for medical purposes and something like being allowed to play by entirely different rules.
<br>
<br><a target="" title="" href="http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf">http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf
<br></a>
<br>
<br>
<br>Here is a good link involving athletics. Much of it is discussing college athletics but early on sports such as Little League, Pop Warner, etc is mentioned so many of the principles outlined are the same. Much boils down to- once the person is determined to be disabled, are the accommodations reasonable and something that will impact the integrity of the game? There is a big difference between being allowed hydration for medical purposes and something like being allowed to play by entirely different rules.
<br>
<br><a target="" title="" href="http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf">http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf
<br></a>
<br>
I agree- the ADA would apply in this situation. The earlier version of the ADA was more restrictive in who was covered, when it was rewritten in 1990, it was expanded to include private sector as well.
<br>
<br>Here is a good link involving athletics. Much of it is discussing college athletics but early on sports such as Little League, Pop Warner, etc is mentioned so many of the principles outlined are the same. Much boils down to- once the person is determined to be disabled, are the accommodations reasonable and something that will impact the integrity of the game? There is a big difference between being allowed hydration for medical purposes and something like being allowed to play by entirely different rules.
<br>
<br><a target="" title="" href="http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf">http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf
<br></a>
<br>
<br>
<br>Here is a good link involving athletics. Much of it is discussing college athletics but early on sports such as Little League, Pop Warner, etc is mentioned so many of the principles outlined are the same. Much boils down to- once the person is determined to be disabled, are the accommodations reasonable and something that will impact the integrity of the game? There is a big difference between being allowed hydration for medical purposes and something like being allowed to play by entirely different rules.
<br>
<br><a target="" title="" href="http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf">http://www.thesmartjournal.com/ADA.pdf
<br></a>
<br>
If you are going to follow that logic, how is ANY student athlete, for that matter, able to define their sport as a 'major life activity'? It is recreation and/or an extra-curricular activity that the vast majority of young people are not going to go on to pursue past their youth. Support is appreciated without sounding condescending of the efforts to keep a child physically fit and active.
If you are going to follow that logic, how is ANY student athlete, for that matter, able to define their sport as a 'major life activity'? It is recreation and/or an extra-curricular activity that the vast majority of young people are not going to go on to pursue past their youth. Support is appreciated without sounding condescending of the efforts to keep a child physically fit and active.
If you are going to follow that logic, how is ANY student athlete, for that matter, able to define their sport as a 'major life activity'? It is recreation and/or an extra-curricular activity that the vast majority of young people are not going to go on to pursue past their youth. Support is appreciated without sounding condescending of the efforts to keep a child physically fit and active.
Absolutely- and the courts found in favor of many who applied the legislation of the ADA to support their requests for accommodations.
Each case is decided on an individual basis- the type of disability of the person involved, whether or not the participation would result in risk of serious injury/danger even if accommodations were provided, whether the accommodations altered the integrity of the game or gave an unfair advantage to the disabled person, etc. It's not a black and white decision where the same choice is made for everyone. The courts decided the cases in question very differently in different circumstances and were provided as examples of how things can vary and that in many cases there IS a legitimate case to be made for the student requesting accommodations.
The article also very specifically states there is no blanket rule to apply to each case, so while the courts have stipulated to various terms that must be met in order to label one as 'disabled', it doesn't label specifically the activities that one can turn to the ADA for protection for or the specific accommodations one can ask for.
Each case is decided on an individual basis- the type of disability of the person involved, whether or not the participation would result in risk of serious injury/danger even if accommodations were provided, whether the accommodations altered the integrity of the game or gave an unfair advantage to the disabled person, etc. It's not a black and white decision where the same choice is made for everyone. The courts decided the cases in question very differently in different circumstances and were provided as examples of how things can vary and that in many cases there IS a legitimate case to be made for the student requesting accommodations.
The article also very specifically states there is no blanket rule to apply to each case, so while the courts have stipulated to various terms that must be met in order to label one as 'disabled', it doesn't label specifically the activities that one can turn to the ADA for protection for or the specific accommodations one can ask for.