An OT practitioner is working in a public school with a child who uses a wheelchair for all mobil-ity. He tells the OT practitioner that he cannot get into a toilet stall in the bathroom because the stall is too small. What should the OT practitioner do?

A. Perform an accessibility audit of the bathroom and make recommendations to the school principal to provide wheelchair access under the ADA.
B. Tell the student to file a complaint with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
C. Ask the principal if the student can use the teachers' bathroom, which is larger.
D. There is nothing that the OT practitioner can do in this situation.

ANS: A
There are many things that the OT practitioner can do to ensure access for clients. In this situa-tion the school is required under Title II (provisions for state and local government agencies) of the ADA to provide accessible bathrooms for students. It is against the law for the school not to comply. The OT practitioner wants access for the student but also needs to inform the adminis-trators that they are in violation of the law and educate them regarding how they can comply. The OT practitioner could prevent a lawsuit by providing this necessary information.