Day-Care Chain to Admit Diabetic Kids
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Justice Department announced that the nation’s largest corporate-owned day-care chain has agreed to admit diabetic children and monitor their blood sugar. The agreement settles claims that the KinderCare chain discriminated against children who have the disease. The American Diabetes Assn. and others brought a lawsuit against KinderCare on behalf of Jesi Stuthard, 3, after he was denied enrollment in Columbus, Ohio. Company policy had prohibited the facility from administering blood-sugar tests.
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