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Fact Sheet: Know the Rights That Protect Individuals with Disabilities from Discrimination

This is a fact sheet on Section 504 which is part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: a Federal law that protects individuals from discrimination based on disability

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Final

Issued by: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Issue Date: July 05, 1905

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