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INTNOITCUDOR...............................................................................................972........................I. II. LEGALFKAMROREW.............83.....................................................................2............................A.rotuytatSrPsecotonti.........................................................................................482......B.AthletictaoisnRegul...........................................................5....82..................................C.PolicyetprionastIernt..............................................................287................................D.ThePrimaFacieCase.....................................................................2..88........................1.AthletewithaDisability...............................................................................2882.OtherwiseQualified........................................................................................2893. Excluded Because of Disability..................................................................2904.DiscriminatoryExclusion.............................................................................290III. CASEYMARTIN.............19..2........................................................................................................IV. POST‐MARTINCASEPRECEDENT:STUDENTATHLETES WITHDSIEABISITIL.....392.........A.PostaM:trnitudentSAteshletwithetnIlautcellilabisDsieit.................294...1.LuizCruz..............................................................................................................2942.AnthonyMatthews..........................................................................................296B.PostarMn:tituSntdeAhteletswithhysicalPtiesDisabili..............2.............981.TatyanaMcFadden..........................................................................................2982.MallerieBadgett...............................................................................................301V.MARTIN:ACRITICALLOOK................................3.40.................................................................VI. POLICYRIONSCEMOEMDNTA............................................................................036....................A.MainstreamsmProgra..........7..30................................................................................B.edptdaAPsamgrro................................................................................................730....C.Equal Opportunity...................................................................3.90................................D.ssentiFandtAicethlEquityAct...................................3.01........................................VII.CCLUSIONON.................................013............................................................................................
*Terri Lakowski is the Public Policy Director of the Women’s Sports Foundation.
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Allshewantstodoisplayforherchoolsandbeproudofbeinginthatrole.Shedoesnotwanttobeonthesendelisieehc.gnirShewantstobeinthegame,sweaitgnandmkanigpasses.Sowhatthatsheactonnrunasfastordribbletheballverywell.Whydluohsthattraemtinschoolsports?Shouldntitbeaboutningelraandtshouldnthelgninraeeudclinpeopleofallbaei?slitiWhydontmoresropamgrexistforstnedutslikemyghterdautogetloevdivnin? – Mother of high school student with cerebral palsy, Maryland