By: Real America News Updated 02 Mar 2022, 22: 12 pm EST
Student at a college in Knoxville County, Tennessee, filed a lawsuit against his school for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by not adjusting to his “unusual” hearing disease. The student seeks a ban on eating and chewing gum in her classrooms.
The young woman from 14 years old was diagnosed with a medical disorder, known as misophonia, where people have abnormally strong and negative reactions to common sounds made by humans, such as it can be chewing or breathing.
For this reason, the girl filed a lawsuit against L&N Stem College. Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is in the ninth grade.
“I must get away from them… If I don’t get away, I get very nervous (like a panic attack),” stated the young woman, named as Jane Doe, in the complaint against the Knox County School Board filed in the US District Court of Tennessee.
According to Doe, at his previous school, a ban was enforced and he rarely had to leave the classroom, however at L&N Stem. Academy mentions that “At the end of the day, constantly trying to escape sounds, I am physically and emotionally exhausted to the point where I can’t do the things that a normal kid my age would do. I’m too tired”,
According to her lawyers, Justin Gilbert and Jessica Salonus, they ask for an immediate ban on eating and chewing in classrooms. It is a request to enforce a rule that is detailed in the school handbook , which states: “No no food or drink (except water) is allowed in the classrooms”, or with special permission”.
Given this, the mayor of Knox County, Glen Jacobs, described the lawsuit as a “new complaint” filed by the same lawyers responsible for requiring the use of face masks in local schools.
“I was informed today that the same attorneys responsible for the federal order requiring the universal use of masks in Knox County schools filed a new complaint in federal court. The question? Children chewing gum in class”.
“When I was a kid, chewing gum in class could land you in detention. If these people get away with it, I could take it to federal court.” Jacobs tweeted, using the hashtag “#GumGate.”
According to Psychology Today, a person with misophonia generally feels victimized by the overwhelming auditory and visual stimuli generated by the people closest to them.
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