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American School for the Deaf
The American School for the Deaf was founded in Hartford, Connecticut. This was the first school for disabled children anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. -
Law Mandating Compulsory Education
Rhode Island passed a law mandating compulsory education for all children. Compulsory education in which children are required by law to receive and for the government to provide. -
Columbia Institution
The Columbia Institution for the deaf, dumb, and blind was allowed to grant college degrees by the U.S. Congress. It was the first college in the world established for people with disabilities. -
Association of Instructors of the blind.
The school for the deaf and the school for the blind offer comprehensive educational programs for the hearing impaired and the visually impaired students. -
Beattie V Board of Education
Special needs students were expelled from school due to facial abnormalities and drooling. The students mental capacities were fine, but teachers and fellow students were nauseated by these students physical conditions. They were kept separate from their peers in the general education program and were confined to isolated classrooms. -
Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children is the first advocacy group for children with disabilities. The CEC is one of the largest special education advocacy groups. The main objective of this group is to ensure that children with special needs receive FAPE. (Free Appropriate Public Education) -
Classification of Autism
The Classification of Autism was introduced by Dr. Leo Kanner of John Hopkins University. He concluded that this was a neuro-developmental disorder and that these children have come into the world with an innate inability to form the usual biologically provided contact with people. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Brown V Board of Education was a landmark case that overturned the Plessy V Ferguson case saying that "Separate is not Equal". This court case brought attention to black v whites in schools and special need students v general education students. This case encouraged the formation of many advocacy groups to inform the public of the need of special education programs. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children V Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This case sided in favor of students with intellectual and learning disabilities in state-run institutions. PARC V Penn called for students with disabilities to be places in publicly funded school settings that met their individual educational needs, based on a proper and through evaluation. -
In the Mills V Board of Education of the District of Colombia
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia students classified as "Exceptional". This includes those with mental and learning disabilities and behavioral issues. This ruling made it unlawful for the D.C Board of Education to deny these individuals access to publicly funded educational opportunity.
