The History of Special Education By facebooker_3862077633809475 1954 Landmark Case: Brown Versus Board of Education 1960 Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan 1963 Learning Disability first used in 1963. 1965 Helen Keller Women's Hall of Fame 1965 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 1968 First Special Olympic event 1968 Personal Connection: Martin Luther King an inspiration to me. 1973 Vocational Rehabilitation Act and Section 504 (1973) 1974 Educational Amendment Act of (1974) 1975 Education for all Handicapped Children Act of (1975) 1982 Landmark Case: Hudson Versus Rowley 1986 Education of Handicapped Act Amendment (1986) 1988 Landmark Case: Honig Versus Do 1990 American with Disabilities Act (1990) 1990 Individual w/ Disabilities Education Act IDEA (1990) 1997 Individual w/ Disabilities Education Act IDEA (1997) 2000 Special Olympics 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (2001) 2004 IDEA Improvement Act (IDEIA) 2004 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act - ESSA (2015)
