Ari Karl Stern v. University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Prior to being admitted to the defendant university’s medical school, Ari Karl Stern notified the school that he had dyslexia, which has been defined as the “inability to read, spell, and write words, despite the ability to see and recognize letters,” Dor-land’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary 516 (28th ed.1994). At some point, Mr. Stern requested that the medical school accommodate his dyslexia by allowing him to supplement his answers on any multiple-choice tests required, either with an essay or with responses to oral questioning. Mr. Stern asserts that…