When it comes to educating students with disabilities, issues arising under Section 504 and its sister statute — the ADA — are on the rise, and there is a lot of misinformation out there about the requirements under these statutes. As a result, educators make mistakes, some of which subject their districts to disability discrimination complaints, OCR investigations, and in some cases, monetary damages. Learn what attorney Julie Weatherly considers the biggest mistakes school districts make under Section 504 and the ADA — ranging from child find and placement errors to disability discrimination blunders — and what you can do to prevent them from happening.