What is Section 504?

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Section 504 provides: "No 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 Federal financial assistance . . . ."

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress.

To be protected by the ADA, one must have a disability or have a relationship or association with an individual with a disability. An individual with a disability is defined by the ADA as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment. The ADA does not specifically name all of the impairments that are covered.

Contact OEEO

Ms. Kenya D. Ash, Associate Vice President Equity and Equal Opportunity, is Miami University's Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator.

You can contact Ms. Ash by calling (513) 529-7157, emailing ashkd@miamioh.edu or contacting her at the address, below.

Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity
Hanna House
219 E. Spring Street
Oxford, Ohio 45056

Office Hours - M-F 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Summer Office Hours - M-F 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.