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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a stretch OP. 504s are not intended to just make everything easier for all kids. [/quote]

No, you're right. 504s are not intended to make things easier for *all* kids, they are intended to make accommodations for things that are related to a student's disability.  Not all kids have disabilities.

For OP's kid, that could look like: extended time and deadlines on assignments because if you have to take a lot more time to do your work because you are constantly redirecting your attention and you have to spend more time re-checking, then 50% extra time on all your work (which is basically what OP says the student is spending now) is really not possible every day.  Extended time and deadlines mean that students can spread their work out more reasonably in a way that neuroptypical students do not need to do.

A 504 could also mean copy of class notes or the right to use a notetaking devices in school (note: "privacy" of other students or th teacher does not preclude having a disabled student using a recording device to audio record or take pictures of a whiteboard or assignment written on the board - neither teachers nor students have a privacy right in the classroom).

It is not hard to make the case if you, the parent and student, can produce some evidence of the need.  It is also not necessary to have a lawyer if you know your rights and keep the meeting professional. Professionally speaking, for a 504 plan, there are only 2 Qs - does the student have a 1) physical or mental impairment 2) that substantially limits a major life activity?

The "substantially limits" evaluation is done on a case by case basis as compared to most people in the general population and must be made without reference to mitigating measures (like medication, therapy, etc.) which means the student must be evaluated as if they never had any mitigating measures.

Grades alone are never a determining factor in IEP or 504 eligibility.  In a 504 eligibility determination grades can be a factor, but so can individual elements of the grade book -- how many times did the student turn in material late? unfinished? not at all? answering some but not all Qs?  (all common effects of ADHD). Also to be considered is how much time the ADHD student is spending on homework to maintain good grades.  Students may look like ducks gliding smoothly across the water, but some are paddling furiously beneath the surface and that can lead to unhealthy outcomes.   
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