Federal Judge Upholds State Athletic Association’s Decision Not to Allow Disabled Athlete to Compete

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has held that the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) was within its rights to deny an accommodation of a disabled athlete, who has cerebral palsy, to compete in the state track meet.   While acknowledging that the “reasonableness of accommodations for disabilities is often a fact question,” in the instant case “the question can be resolved as a matter of law, both because there is no evidence from which to infer that A.H. cou