Social Policy

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is a 1973 civil rights provision and among the first disability civil policy illegalizing discrimination against disabled persons in various programs getting national financial aid and sets the stage for the demonstration of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This policy, comprising the Rehabilitation Act, the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) denote the significant primary federal policies affecting students with disabilities in different learning institutions (Murphy, 2020). These act demonstrate an environment where disabled learners and affiliated families have superior impartiality and appropriate rights in private and public education institutes. Section 504 harmoniously collaborates with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to shield children and adults suffering from varied disabilities from unequal treatment and exclusion from learning institutions, communities, and workplaces.