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METRO. NASHVILLE & DAVIDSON COUNTY SCH. v. GUEST

No. 3:94-0976.

900 F.Supp. 905 (1995)

METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, Plaintiff, v. Joel GUEST, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

October 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia C. Tyler, Metropolitan Legal Department, Nashville, TN, John D. Kitch, Kitch & Garman, Nashville, TN, for plaintiff.

Gary D. Buchanan, Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, Inc., Nashville, TN, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WISEMAN, District Judge.

Joel Guest is a five-year-old autistic Nashville child. His autism essentially garbles the sensory information his brain receives. Sounds, touches, and sights that most children would recognize and from which they would learn have no consistent meaning to Joel. As a result, he does not learn in the same manner as other non-autistic children. Without focused assistance, he learns little at all.

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