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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]He’s also eligible for a 504 plan which can grant him any accommodations he needs due to his condition and protect those needs. Not sure if he had one in high school but they also do continue through college.  [/b]There should be a disability office at his school that can help. [/quote]

There no IEPs or 504 plans in college. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the law that provides students with these),  no longer applies to them once they graduate from high school.

You will have to seek new and separate accommodations at the university.  While I do not have experience with a student or friend at either you mention OP, I do know of two families who were successful in getting singles at local universities due to medical reasons, by working through the student disabilities office and residential life.    [/quote]

[b]504’s are under a different law and absolutely apply in college.[/b]  [/quote]

[u]And which specific college is that pp?  [/u]

From Wright's Law, a great source I'm sure you are aware:

[b]The services in a student's IEP and/or a high school level Section 504 Plan end when the student graduates from high school. [/b]  If you look at the text of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the law that provides for IEPs, or at Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), you won't find any wording that explicitly says that students' plans "expire" or come to an end when students graduate from high school (or "age out" of the system).     Colleges may use these plans to help in decision making but they are not required to follow the requirements of these plans.

[b]Another factor contributing to the confusion about 504 plans occurs when one parent tells another parent that her child has a 504 plan in college.[/b]

If a student with disabilities uses a special fee-for-service program at their college (ex. a program that provides additional supports for students on the autism spectrum), a staff member may write a plan that includes goals and outlines the supports this student will receive.

This plan is not a "504 plan," because Section 504 does not require colleges to write plans for students; they just have to provide accommodations to eligible students.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Section 504 stipulates that no otherwise qualified person due to disability may be denied the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.

https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/trans.college.accoms.hamblet.htm

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