Long COVID Impact on Children and Students

From Covering Kids & Families of Indiana 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified long COVID as another term for post-COVID conditions. According to the CDC, post-COVID conditions “are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems people can experience more than four weeks after first being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Even people who did not have symptoms when they were infected can have post-COVID conditions.
 
The US Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services issued a new resource that builds on guidance previously issued by the departments of Justice and Health and Human Services concerning long COVID as a disability that may give rise to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 services.
 
This resource has four sections:
  • Background Information on Section 504 and IDEA
  • What Is Long COVID and What Is Its Impact on Children and Students
  • Protections and Services under IDEA and Section 504 for Children and Students with Long COVID
  • What to Do If a Child or Student Is Experiencing Long COVID

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