<p>I think Ordinarylives is right on point: a broken arm is not a recognized disability. Every student is not expected to register with a school’s disability office that they might fall and break their arm in the future. I’m not sure why this is used as a comparison. The falling, and breaking an arm example is thought to be an accident, completely unexpected. This particular mental illness is a student who knows beforehand of a long history of documented problems and now wants to seek protections despite not having disclosed this information in advance like one is supposed to do. It is not an accident, and is not completely unexpected.</p>
<p>That may or may not mean the protection is retroactive, and that’s a whole different issue. I’m only showing here a broken arm is not a fair comparison.</p>