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[quote=Anonymous]A 504 DOES NOT require adverse academic impact. That is the bar for an IEP. For a 504, “the determination of whether a student has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity”
Is the question.

The “major life activities” include (but are not solely limited to): caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working. This list is not exhaustive. Other functions can be major life activities for purposes of Section 504.  In the Amendments Act (see FAQ 1), Congress provided additional examples of general activities that are major life activities, including eating, sleeping, standing, lifting, bending, reading, concentrating, thinking, and communicating.

At younger ages, many of the 504 accommodations commonly recommended are  seen as moot, like extra time (when things are not generally timed at that age). But even if a teacher is doing something like preferential seating, extra reminders, promoting for attention…. Those are not things everyone needs, so if it’s just your child it would behoove you to get them on paper so that next years teacher, or if you move, etc….knows what works for your child. As they get older you will absolutely need these accommodations documented or teachers don’t HAVE to provide them. They can just say no and then you have no repercussions.[/quote]

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