Crayola Engineer Gets One More Try to Fix Discrimination Suit

A former Crayola engineer will get one more shot to show that he was discriminated against on the basis of his autism diagnosis under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Jake Towne requested that he and a co-worker be separated, but “dictating whom an employee can and cannot work with” isn’t a reasonable accommodation, Judge John F. Murphy wrote for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Towne alleged that his colleague, Keith Allison, was a misogynist who doubted that Towne’s autism diagnosis was real. On the recommendation of medical providers, Towne asked for a job that didn’t ...