" It offered further clarification in a case involving the provision of health benefits, Alexander v. Choate 469 U.S. 287 (1985) when
"the question of who is 'otherwise qualified' and what actions constitute 'discrimination' [under sec. 504] would seem to be two sides of a single coin; the ultimate question is the extent a grantor [of health services] is required to make reasonable modifications in its programs for the needs of the handicapped."
Grube established that a school was not required under RA to modify its standards, change its rules or reduce the quality of team play, only to make a reasonable accommodation to the needs of the disabled athlete. In School Board of Nassau County, Fla. v. Arline 480 U.S. 273 (1987), the Supreme Court held that preventing harm to other persons is a valid ground for refusing to permit handicapped athletes to play a particular sport. In making such a determination, Law professor Mitlen says that a school is entitled to rely under Arline on "reasonable medical judgments." For example, he says that under an unr
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