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Eligibility for special education and related services under IDEA, and eligibility for protection from discrimination under Section 504, are not disability-specific. This means that one child who has ADD or asthma or AIDS will be eligible for special education services under IDEA (which always makes a child eligible under 504) while another child who has ADD, asthma or AIDS will not be eligible for services under IDEA, but is protected from discrimination under Section 504.

Eligibility determinations are specific to each child with a disability. If a child has a disability that adversely affects educational performance, that child is eligible for special education services under IDEA.