7th Circuit Concludes That School District May Not Have Reasonably Accommodated Teacher's Seasonal Affective Disorder

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held in favor of a teacher's claim for failure to accommodate in violation of the ADA. Although the district did make attempts to accommodate the teacher's seasonal affective disorder, it did not provide a classroom with natural light, as requested by the teacher's physician. The court emphasized that once notice of a needed accommodation is received from an employee's physician, and said accommodation causes the employer no undue hardship, the employer is obligated to make the requested accommodation.

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