History of Special Education

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  • First Mental Hospital - Virginia

    First Mental Hospital - Virginia

  • American Asylum for the Deaf

    American Asylum for the Deaf

  • Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth

    Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth

  • Perkins Institue for the Blind

    Perkins Institue for the Blind

  • Galluadet College, Washington, D.C.

    Galluadet College, Washington, D.C.

  • Rhode Island offers first special education class in U.S.

    Rhode Island offers first special education class in U.S.

  • Dr. Alfre Binet creates IQ test to identify "slow" or "retarded" children

    Dr. Alfre Binet creates IQ test to identify "slow" or "retarded" children

  • Approx. 34,000 students with disabilities enrolled in special education classes

  • First Center for Independent Living

  • President Nixon issues executive order

    President Nixon issues executive order
    The order returned one-third of the 200,000 people with disabilities in institutions to community residential placements

  • Education of All Handicapped Children Act

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

  • Americans with Disabilities Act