Day Camp Agrees To Admit Children Who Have Diabetes Disability

On April 10, 2006, the federal court in Massachusetts granted the Department’s motion to intervene in Medley v. Town Sports International, Inc., a case challenging a summer day camp’s denial of admission to a child with type-1 diabetes, and entered a joint consent order filed by the parties on March 20. The camp had denied the parent’s request that camp staff supervise their daughter while she tested her blood glucose level using a small automated gauge and while she keyed into her electronic insulin pump the number of carbohydrates marked on each item of food provided by her parents for lunch and snacks. The consent order requires the camp to follow a list of specific practices to accommodate children with diabetes and also places obligations on the children’s parents to take certain steps to assist the camp in their responsibilities. The order also calls for compensatory damages ($25,000) and civil penalties ($5,000).

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