Oklahoma: Quadriplegic student forced out of dorm

by E Wayne Ross on November 10, 2009

NewsOK.com: Disability may keep ECU student from staying in dorm room

ADA — A Tupelo quadriplegic is wrangling with East Central University officials over whether he can live in the

Joshua Jackson, 35, an East Central University junior, was notified Oct. 21 he could not live in the dorms unless he hires an assistant to stay overnight. He must move out by Dec. 12 if he doesn’t have one. Campus officials say the decision is a matter of safety. Jackson says the $11,000 a year it would cost to pay for an assistant is not within his means.

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