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Itard worked with deaf-mutes in Paris and was a student under Pinel. Is noted for working with Victor, a boy who was found living in the woods. After Victor was labeled at an "idiot" Itard began to work with him, believing that Victor could be taught. -
Seguin was a student of Itard and took on several children with disabilities. In 1839 Seguin established the first school with the intent on educating children with disabilities.
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Howe founded the first public school for disabled children in Boston. This school was created as an experiment, Howe educated boys in a wing of Perkins Institute for the Blind. -
This book was written by Edouard Seguin and became the standard book that was used when creating more institutions in the United States.
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This case was held by the California Supreme Court after a principal denied a child access to education due to his thought that the student would not be able to master the content. -
In 1896 the National Education Association started the Department of Special Education which originally was dedicated to educating students who were deaf. -
After translating the Binet-Simon scale into English his version of the scale became widely used to test intelligence in people with disabilities and aided in their diagnosis. -
Elizabeth Farrell and her students at Columbia University's Teachers College formed the International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children which later became Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) -
Parents grouped together to fight for proper education and rights for their children who had disabilities. In September representatives from the groups met in Minneapolis to form this association.
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Act to Encourage Expansion of Teaching in the Education of Mentally Retarded Children Through Grants to Institutions of Higher Learning and to State Education Agencies.
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Requires that children who have disabilities are to be educated alongside non-disabled peers.
IDEA informational video
