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History of Inclusion

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  • "A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge"

    Thomas Jefferson proposed to educate the poor of VA.
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    Benjamin Rush Contributions

    Included a writing called, "The Mode of Education Proper for a Republic."- the idea of educating people with disabilities emerged.
    (Timeframe is late 1790's)

  • American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb

    Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb founded by a minister named Thomas Gallaudet
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    Horace Mann

    Horace Mann education reform- proposed education be universal
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    "Separate but Equal"

    Boston School Desegregation Boston's schools segregation outlawed
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    Growth in Schools for the Blind, Deaf, and/or "Mentally Retarded"

  • The Social Security Act

    Initially an Federal old-age benefit, recognizing that at some point in their lives, once productive workers become unable to work as they once had.

  • University of MD Law School Desegregated

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    Founding of ARC- for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

    History of the Arc(founded in 1950)
  • Brown v. The Board of Education

    Brown v. The Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education- PBS Supreme court ruled that separate was not equal.

  • Federal Benefits for Disabled Adults and Disabled Adult Children

    Social Security began paying monthly benefits to the disabled.

  • NDEA

    Provided federal funding for special education teachers
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    Civil Rights Movement-

    During Civil Rights Movement, many special education teachers argued that students with disabilities should be taught alongside their peers.
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    Title I

    Federal income to agencies for the education of children from low-income families.

  • PARC v. Pennsylvania

    PARC v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children fought and won a case for free public education for children with disabilities.
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    Social Security Benefits (SSI) Extended to Disabled Children

    The law changed in the 1972 amendments to the Social Security Act, but did not take place until January of 1975.
  • The Rehabilitation Act

    The Rehabilitation Act

    Your Rights Under 504 Section 504 protects people with disabilities from discrimination.

  • P.L. 94-142 Education of Handicapped Children (later, "IDEA")

    IDEA
    Guaranteed appropriate, free public education to all children with disabilities.

  • Regular Education Initiative (REI)

    Encouraged partnering of teachers and an inclusion of disabled students with non-disabled peers.

  • Reauthorization of IDEA

    stated that children with disabilities were entitled to a free and appropriate education and that the education would be monitored via an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Children's education was based on identified needs rather than categorized labels.

  • resolution to eliminate tracking and segregation in schools

  • Oberti v. Board of Education

    A boy with Down Syndrome won a case for inclusion. The court ruled that before placing a student outside of a regular classroom, the district must consider any other aids and available support services.
  • Goals 2000: Educate America Act

    Goals 2000: Educate America Act

    Goals 2000 A legislation to improve learning and teaching across the board- promoting school readiness, parental involvement, safe schools, adult literacy, professional development and other goals.