MATTER OF ODOM v. VESID


222 A.D.2d 102 (1996)

645 N.Y.S.2d 596

In the Matter of Mia Odom, Appellant, v. Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities of the New York State Education Department et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 18, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Lowenkron, New York City, for appellant.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, Albany (Frank K. Walsh of counsel), for respondents.

MIKOLL, J. P., MERCURE, CREW III and YESAWICH JR., JJ., concur.


PETERS, J.

Petitioner is an individual with cerebral palsy and learning disabilities, as well as an orthopedic impairment requiring the use of hand crutches. Upon receiving her high school diploma in June 1992, petitioner and her mother researched several vocational rehabilitation programs, including the Vocational Independence Program at New York Institute of Technology (hereinafter VIP). They determined that...

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