History of Special Education

By jjkarr
  • May 18, 1400

    People with disabilities are possessed by the devil

    Martin Luther and John Calvin
  • Period: to

    Many institutions for many disabilities are opened

  • Asylums begin to better treat mentally ill people

  • American Asylum for the Deaf is opened

  • First Special Education Class in Rhode Island

  • Binet IQ Test Established

    Later to be modified by Terman at Stanford University

  • Buck v Bell

    Negative eugenics upheld in the Supreme court.

  • Roosevelt Becomes President

    First president to have a physical disability.

  • Education of All Handicapped Children Act

  • Nixon's Executive Order

    Many people with disabilities were released from institutions.

  • Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act

  • NCLB