The complaint says security then walked him out in front of his new coworkers
A charter school network fired an autistic teacher about an hour after he asked to use a laptop to take notes, a new lawsuit alleges.
The complaint, filed July 15, 2026 in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, names Success Academy Charter Schools and three of its staff, including a human resources business partner sued as an individual. For HR leaders, it is a case study in how quickly an accommodation request can turn into a legal claim.
According to the filing, the worker was hired as an entry-level teacher at $55,000 a year, plus benefits, and was due to start at a school in Queens. He had noted a disability on his application. His trouble began on the second day, the complaint says, during a three-day new-hire orientation at the Javits Center on July 29, 2025, when a staff member reprimanded him for not taking written notes.
He explained that his autism makes handwriting difficult and asked to use a laptop, the filing states. A lead supervisor turned him down, according to the complaint, telling him it "would be distracting to the other employees." The complaint says she opened no interactive dialogue, referred him to no one who evaluates accommodations, and offered no stopgap - she sent him back to the room to keep taking notes by hand.
About an hour later, just after lunch, two people who introduced themselves as HR took him aside, the filing states. He says he...
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