These three impairments, whose occurrence is rapidly increasing, raise several complex Section 504 issues. How is the law’s “substantial limitation” requirement affected by medication? What are the common eligibility mistakes schools make when they fail to look at the right data and ask the right questions?

Through an analysis of Section 504 regulations, OCR decisions and current case law, you learn which factors determine eligibility, including the impact of health plans, medical data and student coping skills.

For the Section 504-eligible student with one of these impairments, you’ll learn the dos and don’ts of their associated accommodations, including:

• Demands for on-site or standby nursing services
• Transportation
• Peanut-free zones — or even entire schools
• Expensive environmental changes to the campus
• Seasonal changes to attendance requirements
• Changing behavior of students and staff — from mandatory hand-washing and limitations on food from home, to scents and chemicals in clothing and personal care products