“Type-1 Diabetes cannot hinder Right to Education”: Madhya Pradesh HC directs diabetic State-Level Badminton player’s admission to B.P.Ed. Course
“The respondents’ refusal to provide minimal dietary flexibility or safe insulin storage, both of which petitioner volunteered to manage at his own cost, constitutes denial of reasonable accommodation and hence discrimination per se. Even otherwise, Type-1 diabetes is not a recognized disability; therefore, exclusion of the petitioner on this ground is arbitrary and discriminatory.”
