Legal Opinion
Odom v. Office of Vocational & Educational Services
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 18, 1996Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Peters, J.
Petitioner is an individual with cerebral palsy and learning disabilities, as well as an orthopedic impairment requiring the use of hand crutches. Upon receiving her high school diploma in June 1992, petitioner and her mother researched several vocational rehabilitation programs, including the Vocational Independence Program at New York Institute of Technology (hereinafter VIP). They determined that VIP was the only appropriate program that met petitioner’s needs.
Ultimately accepted by VIP, she applied to respondent Office of Vocational and Educational Services…
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