Pickens Technical College signed a disability agreement. Then dismissed the student.
By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice
Some mornings, she didn't know how she got to where she was.
A Colorado Springs woman who asked to remain anonymous — referred to here as CSW — had been an EMT for more than a decade, a career she began while volunteering with a fire department. She shared dozens of emails documenting her case with RMV.
What she was experiencing on the hour-long drive to Pickens Technical College in Aurora felt like a medical emergency of its own. Nodding off at the wheel. Reaction time slowed. Her sleep neurologist had documented a working diagnosis.
All she needed was to attend lectures by video on the days she couldn't safely make the drive. Pickens told her it wasn't possible.
It was. A pregnant classmate had been allow...