[DonRotolo]

I hesitantly agree with the GDC response. In my personal opinion, I don't think height-challenged is a recognized disability. The GDC may be thinking of the safety implications if the student happens to lose his footing or falls off the platform, or if another student trips over it.

I wonder if the student could wear spackler's stilts? Unlike regular stilts, these articulate and make using then trivially easy, and they come as low as six inches. These could be considered an article of personal clothing, "special shoes" in a sense, much like a pair of 'platform shoes' you may remember from the 1970s. Just have him wear longer pants...