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Dorethea Lyndee Dix calls attention to the shoking conditions of American Asylums and Prisions
Dorethea a war nurse was schoked by the horrible conditions decided to take a stand to the cruelty -
First public school class for children with hearing impairments opens in Boston
Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing was the first school to open its doors for hearing impairments students. -
The seeing eye
Morris Frank with the help of Dorothy Harrision introduce seeing eye dogs for individuals with blindness in the United States -
The Arc
a national organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities was founded -
The Rehabilition Act
This act is enacted as section 504 prohibits discrimination against ndividuals with disabilities -
Education for all handicapped Children Act
the landmark legislation ensures among other provisions a free appropriate public education for all children with disabilities -
Americans with disabilities Act
this act prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities -
No Child left behind Act
President Georges W. Bush act that all pupils inclding those in special education are expected to demostrate profiency in science,math and reading -
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments
the amendments are enacted to provide individuals with disabilities greater protection -
Rosas Law
removes the terms as mental retardation, or the word retarded from being used in federal health, education and labor statutes but instead called intellectual disability.