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Byrnes, MaryAnn – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
An accommodation is an adjustment to an activity or setting that equalizes a learning situation for persons with disabilities. Accommodations are required under the anti-discriminatory 1973 Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act. An accommodation should not alter an assignment's essential purpose. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities