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U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services․Office for Civil Rights․Washington, D.C. 20201․(202)
619-0403
YOUR RIGHTS UNDER
SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT
What Is Section 504?
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is
a national law that protects qualified individuals from
discrimination based on their
disability.
The nondiscrimination requirements of the law apply
to employers
and organizations that receive
financial assistance from any Federal department or agency, including
the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS). These organizations and employers include many
hospitals,
nursing homes, mental health centers
and human service programs.
Section 504 forbids organizations and employers from
excluding or denying individuals with disabilities an
equal opportunity to receive program
benefits and services. It defines the rights of individuals with
disabilities
to participate in, and have access to,
program benefits and services.
Who Is Protected from
Discrimination?
Section 504 protects qualified individuals
with disabilities
. Under this law, individuals with
disabilities are
defined as persons with a physical or
mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life
activities.
People who have a history of, or who are
regarded as having a physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits one or more major
life activities, are also covered.
Major life activities include caring for
one's self, walking, seeing, hearing,
speaking, breathing, working, performing manual tasks, and learning.
Some
examples of impairments which may
substantially limit major life activities, even with the help of
medication or
aids/devices, are: AIDS, alcoholism,
blindness or visual impairment, cancer, deafness or hearing impairment,
diabetes, drug addiction, heart
disease, and mental illness.
In addition to meeting the above definition, for
purposes of receiving services, education or training,
qualified
individuals with
disabilities are persons who
meet normal and essential eligibility requirements.
For purposes of employment, qualified
individuals with disabilities are persons who, with reasonable
accommodation, can perform the
essential functions of the job for which they have applied or have been
hired
to perform.
(Complaints alleging employment discrimination on
the basis of disability against a single
individual will be referred to the U.
S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for processing.)
Reasonable accommodation means an employer is required to take reasonable
steps to accommodate your
disability unless it would cause the
employer undue hardship.
Prohibited Discriminatory Acts in
Health Care and Human Services Settings
Section 504 prohibitions against discrimination
apply to service availability, accessibility, delivery, employment,
and the administrative activities and
responsibilities of organizations receiving Federal financial
assistance.
A
recipient of Federal financial
assistance may not, on the basis of disability:
X Deny qualified individuals the opportunity to
participate in or benefit from federally funded programs,
services, or other benefits.
X Deny access to programs, services, benefits or
opportunities to participate as a result of physical barriers.
X Deny employment opportunities, including hiring,
promotion, training, and fringe benefits, for which
they are otherwise entitled or
qualified....
These and other prohibitions against discrimination
based on disability can be found in the DHHS Section 504
regulation at 45 CFR Part 84.
For information on how to file a complaint of
discrimination, or to obtain information of a civil rights nature,
please contact us. OCR employees will
make every effort to provide prompt service.
Hotlines: 1-800-368-1019 (Voice) 1-800-537-7697 (TDD)
E-Mail: ocrmail@hhs.gov
Website: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr
Your Rights Under Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act
(H-8/June 2000 – revised June 2006
- English)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html
U.S.
Department of Education
Considerably
more information is on The
Parents and Educator Guide to the 504 as well as the 504 Plan IDEA OCR Q&A
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encourage you to do so if you have questions you would like answers to or have
a statement you would like to make. I know that having to register and using
the anti-spambot code makes you have to do one more step than most, but it
also insures that the forums are not bombarded by spambots posting crap on the
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say that so far I am disappointed that none have chosen to take advantage of
this free opportunity to get and give information. I built this site to help
the disabled get information and the use of the forums and sharing your
stories is a huge part of that endeavor. Please help one another and I will
try to answer what I can as well. We are a community of the disabled or
parents of disabled children and we should do whatever we can to help each
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Just go to the forums page and write down the anti-spambot question and enter
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If you have a site that deals with any disabilities then
consider either joining CPFSN.org (it
is totally free) and having a link to your site on the appropriate page (e.g.
State, County) as well as the ‘Members’ page or doing a simple link
exchange and having your site appear on the ‘CP Family’ links page, if you
or your child has CP or any disability.
If you do not have CP or a child with CP or have a site
devoted to any disability you can still have a reciprocating link placed on
the Non-CP related links page. A link exchange would not only show your
support of this site but would increase your ranking with search through
having another outside link (SEO).
Use the ‘Contact Us’ page and email Robert if you
are interested in any link exchange or joining CPFSN.org. Send the information
of the site you want us to link to and the code you would like entered. I
cannot guarantee that all requests will be honored but I will take a personal
look and make a fair and unbiased decision.
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