Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Lesson 1: Who is protected from disability-based discrimination?

This lesson provides information about those protected under DOL's Section 504 regulations. Specifically, the lesson will cover the following topics:

• Three basic forms of discrimination
  
  
  • Discrimination based on actual, current disability
    
    
    • Physical or mental impairment
      
      
    • Major life activity
      
      
    • Substantial limitation
      
      
  • Discrimination based on a record of a past disability
    
    
  • Discrimination because a person is regarded as having a disability
    
    
• Exceptions to the definition of disability
  
  
• Who is a qualified person with a disability
  
  

During the lesson, you will be asked several questions, based on the learning objectives, that you must answer correctly to complete the lesson. The purpose of these questions is to reinforce the key points of the lesson.