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Special Ed timeline
First International Special Olympics Games
Eunice Kennedy Shriver founds the Special
Olympics in 1962 to provide athletic training
and competition for persons with intellectual
disabilities. The organization grows into an
international program enabling more than one
million young people and adults to participate
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first friend in kindergarten was hearing impaired
I don't know how we communicated. She couldn't talk but we had sleepovers and playdates all the time. -
swimming lessons
gave swimming lessons for kids with cerebral palsy -
volunteered with Special Olympics
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My Girl Scout troop started a Girl Scout troop at Cedars
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Special Ed timeline
referred my daughter to special ed for speech and language services -
started teaching at Hanna Boys Center
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Special Ed timeline
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004
A bill sponsored by Rick Santorum Republican senator from Pennsylvania provide assistance to Special Olympics to support the expansion of Special Olympics and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program. First introduced in Congress on September 29, 2004 in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted. Signed by President on October 30, 2004.
