Educational Psychology / Unit 8 EDP 0728 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Section 504 and the ADA
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The idea
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires programs receiving federal funds to accommodate people with disabilities; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 extends protection to all employment and public facilities.
In practice
Ramps at a public school follow from 504; ramps at a movie theater, from the ADA.
Where people slip
Neither is an education law; that is IDEA.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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