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A second-year student at State College is majoring in music and uses a wheelchair to get around. Since he has been at State College he has been unable to use the music building on campus because it has really tall steps and no ramps. He has had others carry him into the building at times to use the facilities but considers this to be a hassle and detrimental to his music studies. State College counters that due to the age (200 years) and historical architectural significance of the building it would cost over $1 million to add ramps to make the building ADA compliant. Using knowledge gained from the interactive and the course material, evaluate how this situation should turn out.

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Factual Summary: In this scenario, a college student attending a state college is confined to a wheelchair, and this individual must use this wheelchair in order to navigate the campus at all times. One of the pertinent facts of this scenario is that the student is a music major, and this individual has been inhibited in his ability to facilitate the use of the music building, which is instrumental to his course of study. The only way that this individual has been able to facilitate the use of this building is with the assistance of others. The college in this scenario, has refused to make this building assessable to the student due to the ...

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