-
Segregated Classes in public schools are established to instruct children with disabilities
-
The term mentally retarded is introduced; the term gifted appears in professional literature
-
Council for Exceptional Children was founded
-
Leo Kramer identifies the characteristics of children with autism
-
Dr. Hans Asperger identifies children with characteristics of Aspergers
-
Samuel Kirk introduces the term learning disabilities
-
The first federal law to directly address the education of students with disabilities
-
Making available to all people with disabilities patterns of life and conditions of everyday life which are as close to possible to the regular circumstances and ways of life or society
-
Increased federal special education funding and charged states with the task of creating full educational opportunities for students with disabilities
-
Law that captured many of the issues that were being address in the counts, funded efforts to find children with disabilities who were not in school, and mandated that states follow the law in order to receive federal funding
-
Protects the rights of individuals with disabilities no matter their age
-
No Child Left Behind Act
-
Protects the educational right of infants and children by ensuring the rights of students with disabilities and their parents. They include zero reject, free appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, nondiscriminatory evaluation, parent and family rights, and procedural safeguards
-
Changes federal language usage from mental retardation to intellectual disability