Guidance on Long COVID as a Disability

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (DOE OCR) has issued a resource--Long COVID under Section 504 and the IDEA: A Resource to Support Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families (PDF)--which clarifies that long COVID is a disability and that, for young children and students, long COVID can be a disability that gives rise to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) eligibility and may also be a disability under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This blog post by DOE OCR also includes information about the disparate impacts of the pandemic on students.