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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973  

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  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which traces its origins to the wake of World War I, at which time the U.S. government sought to provide vocational rehabilitation to injured soldiers, is the oldest federal law addressing the needs of the disabled. According to Section 504, in language that is similar to that in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972: “[n]o otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States… shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving [f]ederal financial assistance…” (29 U.S.C.A. § 794(a)). [Source: Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973]

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