Court: Stadium Provided Sufficient ‘Program Access’ to Disabled Fan

May 4, 2012

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a school district in Texas did enough to accommodate a mother, who was restricted to a wheelchair, and thus avoided liability under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.   Specifically, the appeals court found that the district “provided sufficient program access to football games held at the stadium.”   Leslie Greer was attending her son's junior v
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