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Her university expelled her after she attempted suicide, saying she had an ‘inability to self-regulate.’ Now she is fighting back
You don’t belong here.”Leah appealed the expulsion, arguing school officials failed to accommodate her mental health needs. “It’s very hard to bring an application around a mental health case,” she said. The complaint alleges that school officials removed her because of her suicide attempt after failing to provide mental health accommodations she requested. Post-secondary institutions do not typically publish data on academic appeals specific to mental health. “The members of our academic appeals committee have compassion for and strong awareness of mental health disorders in students,” reads the statement.
Source: thestar November 26, 2020 09:56 UTC
