History of ADHD

By Kingofthejungle

  • Watson v. City of Cambridge 1893

    1893- Watson vs. the City of Cambridge Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that a child who was "weak of mind" and could not benefit from instruction, was troublesome to other children, made "unusual noises," and was unable to take, "ordinary, decent, physical care of himself" could be expelled from public school. (Yell, p. 36)

  • Beattie v. Board of Education

  • Cuyahoga County Ohio Council for the Retarded Child

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)." Oyez, 2 Sep. 2018, www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483.

  • Department of Public Welfare v. Haas

  • The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

  • The Education of the Handicapped Act of 1970

  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Pennsylvania

  • Mills v. Board of Education

  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

  • The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975

    November 29, 1975—the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA). President Ford
    P.L. 94-142

  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990

  • The Idea Amendments of 1997

  • No Child Left Behind Act

  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004