The Rights of Students with Learning Disabilities and the Responsibilities of Institutions of Higher Education Under the Americans With Disabilities Act

42 U.S.C. § § 12101- 12213 (1990). 26a person with a heart condition,' a kleptomaniac, persons with 27 282diabetes, a morbidly obese person, a compulsive gambler, 29 and a drug addict.3 " Courts have denied granting handicap status 22 See H.R. Rep. No. 485, Part 2, 101st Cong., 2d Sess.at 53-55 (1990).23 Anderson v. University of Wis., 841 F.2d 737 (7th Cir.1988).24 Wynne v. Tufts Univ.Sch. of Medicine, 932 F.2d 19 (1st Cir.1991).25 Commonwealth v. Brown, 558 A.2d 121 (1989), vacated on other grounds, 620 A.2d 1139 (Pa.1993).26 Fields v. Lyng, 705 F. Supp.1134 (D.Md.1988), affd, 888 F.2d 1385 (4th Cir.1989).See also infra notes 35-37 and accompanying text (in drafting the ADA, Congress expressly excluded kleptomania as a disability).27 Serrapica v. City of New York, 708 F. Supp.64 (S.D.N.Y.), af'd, 888 F.2d 126 (2d.Cir.1989).28 Cook v. R.I. Dep't of Mental Health, Retardation, and Hosps., 1993 WL 470697, at *2 (1st Cir.Nov. 22, 1993) (a morbidly obese person is considered by the medical profession to be one who weighs more than twice his or her optimal weight or 100 pounds more than his or her optimal weight). 29