Thursday, November 29th, 2015
The Justice Department announced today that it filed a complaint and consent decree in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the operators of Pikes Peak Wrestling League, a youth wrestling league that serves approximately 4,000 children across the state of Colorado, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint alleges that Pikes Peak Youth Sports Association, LLC and Peak Youth Sports Association violated the ADA by failing to modify their policies, practices or procedures to allow a child who has dwarfism to “play down” one age division at the 2014 Colorado State Wrestling Championship so that he could compete with wrestlers closer to his weight and size. The consent decree (subject to acceptance by the court) requires the wrestling league to adopt and publicize a disability nondiscrimination policy, including procedures for handling requests to modify policies for wrestlers with disabilities. The league will also conduct training, pay compensatory damages to the child identified in the complaint, and submit periodic reports.
To find out more about the ADA or this consent decree,
call the Justice Department's toll-free ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 or 800-514-0383 (TDD), or access its ADA.gov website.
Article Credit: U.S. Department of Justice