Jenkins v. Carney-Nadeau Public School

This is a discrimination action brought under the Handicappers’ Civil Rights Act (hcra), MCL 37.1101 et seq.; MSA 3.550(101) et seq. Plaintiff appeals as of right from the trial court’s grant of summary disposition to defendant under MCR 2.116(C)(8). We affirm.

Plaintiff was born with spina bifida and suffers from related disabilities. She complains that the school will not allow her to use her motorized wheelchair in the school building, that she is forced to walk up stairs, which causes her pain, and that attention is drawn to her handicap because an aide has been assigned to accompany her…