According to Wired Campus, a lawsuit against Capella U was recently dismissed in court:

"The plaintiff, Jeffrey La Marca, argued that the online university violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by using technology that does not accommodate his learning disabilities, which he said included short-term memory loss."

This was certainly an interesting, albeit unusual case. Online universities must provide adaptations for disabilities. But, can they always be expected to accommodate individual circumstances? What is their obligation to single students at to the student body as a whole? The judge is expected to explain his rationale for dismissing the case at a later date.