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Idea And Section 504 Similarities

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The IDEA and Section 504 are different in many ways. The first way that these two differ is that IDEA is an educational benefit law while Section 504 is a civil rights law. IDEA offers additional services and protections for those with disabilities that are not offered to those with disabilities. Section 504 insures that students with disabilities have the same access to education that their counterparts have. Section 504 helps to eliminate those barriers that exclude disabled individuals from participating in protected activities, which included a free and appropriate public education. Another difference is the eligibility requirements. Section 504 provides a much broader definition of a disability than what IDEA does. I read an interesting
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