ECI 416 Timeline

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court of the United States decided it was unfair to divide students by their race in schools.
  • My Cousin, Heather, was born.

    My cousin was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. Due to the lack of oxygen, she was born with challenges she would have to deal with for the rest of her life.
  • Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia

    U.S. District Court for D.C. ruled it unlawful for the D.C. Board of Education to deny students classified as “exceptional” access to publicly funded educational opportunities.
  • Congressional Investigation of 1972

    Congress discovered that there were 8 million children with special education needs and only a third of them were met.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    This law required all states that accepted money from the federal government were required to provide equal access to education for children with disabilities, in addition to providing them with one free meal per day.
  • Public Law 99-457

    mandated that individual states provide services to families of children born with disabilities from the time they are born.
  • Michael Jackson's "Thriller" came out

  • Handicapped Children’s Protection Act

    a law that gave parents of children with disabilities more say in the development of their child’s Individual Education Plan, or IEP.
  • The Little Mermaid came out in theaters

  • Public Law 101-476

    Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new disability categories. Additionally, Congress mandated that as a part of a student’s IEP, an individual transition plan, or ITP, must be developed to help the student transition to post-secondary life.
  • Hubble Telescope Launch

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    several key amendments that emphasized providing all students with access to the same curriculum, additionally, states were given the authority to expand the “developmental delay” definition from birth through five years of age to also include students between the ages of six and nine.
  • My birthday