Chicago – A suburban Chicago high school and Special Olympics are keeping a girl with cerebral palsy from playing basketball with other diasbled students according to a federal lawsuit.
The advocacy group Equip for Equality sued Monday on behalf of Jennifer Youngwith. The 17-year-old attends Community High School in West Chicago.
She uses a service dog named Simba to carry a four-pound oxygen tank she needs. The girl’s mother, Janice Youngwith, says Special Olympics has said only that it’s “not appropriate” for Jennifer to be on the basketball court with the dog or the oxygen tank.
School District Superintendent Lalo Ponce says the district’s attorneys are reviewing the complaint.
Special Olympics Illinois hasn’t returned a call seeking comment.
Originally reported by FOX News Chicago. Read the original article here.