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The superintendent of schools for Nassau County, Craig Marsh, then testified as to the school board's response to Arline's medical reports. After both her second relapse, in the spring of 1978, and her third relapse in November 1978, the school board suspended Arline with pay for the remainder of the school year.Id.,at 49-51. At the end of the 1978-1979 school year, the school board held a hearing, after which it discharged Arline, "not because she had done anything wrong," but because of the "continued reoccurence[sic]of tuberculosis."Id.,at 49-52.

In her trial memorandum, Arline argued that it was "not disputed that the [school board dismissed her] solely on the basis of her illness. Since the illness in this case qualifies the

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*277Plaintiff as a `handicapped person' it is clear that she was dismissed solely as a result of her handicap in violation of Section 504." Record 119. The District Court held, however, that although there was "[n]o question that she suffers a handicap," Arline was nevertheless not "a handicapped person under the terms of that statute." App. to Pet. for Cert. C-2. The court found it "difficult . . . to conceive that Congress intended contagious diseases to be included within the definition of a handicapped person." The court then went on to state that, "even assuming" that a person with a contagious disease could be deemed a handicapped person, Arline was not "qualified" to teach elementary school.Id.,at C-2 C-3.

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Question 11

What does BM mean in relation to blood sugar monitoring?

Question 12

What is the role of urine examination in diabetic control?

Question 13

Diabetes and diet: could the authors of my favourite medical text please

advise whether or not it is acceptable to have controlled quantities of

refined sugar, providing the total calorie intake is kept under control?

Question 14

Do non-obese patients with impaired fasting glucose, i.e. a glucose level

of 6.1-6.9 mmol/L, need drug treatment with biguanides if lifestyle

modifications fail to normalize?

Question 15

Do non-obese patients with impaired glucose tolerance (but not fulfilling

the criteria for diabetes mellitus) need drug treatment with biguanides if

lifestyle modifications fail to normalize their post-prandial blood glucose

measurements?

Question 16

It is the Muslim month of fasting currently. I would be grateful if you

could advise on how to adjust the insulin regimen of a type 1 diabetic

patient, for example a 21-year-old girl who is on subcutaneous Actrapid

(short-acting soluble insulin) 22 units t.d.s.

Question 17

I would like to know more about the use of the glitazone group in type 2

diabetes: its action, side-effects, precautions taken on using them.

Question 18

In a patient receiving oral antidiabetics, should the drug be administered

just after taking the blood sample for fasting blood glucose level (and

before a meal), or just prior to the sample being taken?

Question 19

What oral antidiabetics are safe in pregnancy?

Question 20

Is it necessary to put all type 2 diabetics on aspirin?