Chiropractic school must accept blind
IOWA CITY, Iowa – 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.
The court rejected Palmer College of Chiropractic’s contention that eyesight is a requirement for the profession, which involves adjusting patients’ spines to treat back pain. The Davenport, Iowa-based college argued that chiropractors must be able to read X-rays to deliver safe and effective adjustments, and that allowing blind students to rely on assistants for that information wasn’t feasible.
Ukraine inks trade deal with European Union
BRUSSELS – Over Russia’s objections, Ukraine’s new president on Friday signed a free-trade deal binding his country more closely to Western Europe, sealing the very agreement that triggered the bloodshed and political convulsions of the past seven months.
Russia, meanwhile, fended off for the time being a new, more crippling round of Western sanctions over its intervention in Ukraine, where a fragile cease-fire between government forces and pro-Moscow separatists in the east was set to expire Friday night.
Ukraine has been involved in a delicate balancing act between Russia and the West.
Associated Press
