Court: Chiropractic college must accommodate blind

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In this 2014 photo provided by Aaron Cannon is Aaron Cannon, 34, of Bloomington, Minn. The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the nation's leading chiropractic college on Friday, June 27, 2014 to make accommodations to allow blind students to complete degrees, in an important victory for the rights of disabled students. The court ruled that Davenport, Iowa-based Palmer College of Chiropractic discriminated against Cannon, who is blind, when it refused to allow him to pursue a degree with the help of a sighted assistant. (AP Photo/Aaron Cannon)IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the nation's leading chiropractic college on Friday to make accommodations to allow blind students to complete degrees, in an important victory for the rights of the disabled.

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