Student Loses Fight to Use Robot in Class to Accommodate Anxiety

Parents seeking permission for their daughter with extreme anxiety to use a telepresence robot while she got acclimated to middle school aren’t entitled to a preliminary injunction, a federal court said.

Because of her anxiety, Jane Doe attended less than 15% of her classes during her first year of middle school, and use of the robot may have helped her acclimate, Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. of the US District Court for the District of Maine said Sept. 6. But her parents failed to show that they were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims under Section 504 ...