From the New York Daily News: An Ohio teacher has slapped her school district with a lawsuit, claiming that she was discriminated against because she has a phobia of young children.
Maria C. Waltherr-Willard taught Spanish and French classes to high school students in the Mariemont school district for 35 years before she was reassigned to a middle school in 2009, Cincinnati.com reported.
The 61-year-old alleges that school officials dealt her the reassignment to force her exit as they were aware that she suffers from pedophobia, a deep-rooted fear of young kids.
In the suit, Waltherr-Willard says that she has suffered from the rare, debilitating phobia since the 1990s. She provides medical officials’ statements that detail the degree of stress, anxiety, chest pains, high blood pressure, nausea and nightmares she experiences when around children.
“It's a tough phobia. You can't really get away from (children) when you're outside,” Dr. Caleb Adler, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati, told Cincinnati.com.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teacher-phobia-young-children-sues-school-district-discrimination-article-1.1239252#ixzz2HwA7fN89
First, middle school kids are not considered young kids. Kindergarten through 6th grade are considered young kids.
In most states, teaching licenses are divided between K-6 and 7-12 grades, so she had a license to teach middle school kids.
This is about a teacher who didn't want to move to another assignment and so is using a disability as an excuse.
It's a good thing she retired and is away from all kids.
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