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Information on ADA Lawsuit Involving Care of Students with Diabetes in California Schools
On September 29, 2010, the California supreme Court accepted the petition of the American Diabetes Association and agreed to review a decision of the California Court of Appeal involving the access of children with diabetes to insulin while at school. Earlier that year, a California appeals court had ruled that state law prohibits school employees who are not nurses from volunteering to help children with diabetes by administering needed insulin to those who cannot self-adminster.
For general information on the court's ruling and its impact click here. For more specific information, aimed at families of children with diabetes in California schools, click here.
To read the Court of Appeals decision click here For the ADA's press release about the organizations who filed briefs supporting our position in the case click here.








































