Pine Hills Kiddie Garden of Fort Wayne, Ind., will take necessary steps to ensure that a child's diabetes care is integrated into the usual routine of its day care center & programs as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that it discriminated on the basis of disability. The settlement resolves a complaint filed by a parent of a six-year-old girl with Type I diabetes, alleging that Pine Hills refused to permit the girl to participate in field trips as part of the summer program unless she was accompanied by a parent or a medically trained person hired by the parent.
The complaint was filed under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."Parents of children with Type I diabetes deserve the comfort of knowing that their children will not be subjected to discrimination because of their illness. A day care center is required to evaluate & make reasonable modifications for children with diabetes," said the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "We commend Pine Hills Kiddie Garden for working cooperatively with the Department on today's settlement, which will ensure equal opportunity for children with diabetes in the day care center."
Under the settlement, Pine Hills agrees to provide all children with diabetes with an equal opportunity to attend the center and to participate in all programs, services or activities. It will evaluate the application of each child with diabetes applying to attend the center, on a case by case basis, & will make reasonable modifications to permit children with diabetes to attend the center.
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