IDEA- Covers students who need special education and related services because they have a disability in one or more of these categories:
- Autism
- Deaf-blindness
- Deafness
- Developmental delay ( ages 3-9 )
- Serious emotional disturbance
- Hearing impairments
- Mental retardation
- Multiple disabilities
- Orthopedic impairments
- Other health impairments
- Specific learning disabilities
- Speech or language impairment
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visual impairments including blindness
SECTION 504 Covers any person who:
- has a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities;
- has a record of such an impairment; or
- is regarded as having such impairment
A major life activity under Section 504 includes:
- breathing
- caring of oneself
- hearing
- learning
- performing manual tasks
- seeing
- speaking
- walking
- working
