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Am, School for the Blind
This school was the first school for the blind that was opened in the United States. It was founded by Samuel Gridley Howe and it is now known as the Perkins school for the blind. This school was founded to help blind children find their place in the world by being catered specifically for them. -
AMO
The Association of Medical Officers of American institution for idiotic and feebleminded persons was founded in 1876. This organization was established in an effort to study and understand and educate "idiots and feebleminded people". This organization helped to influence others to establish different institutions with a similar purpose. -
Brown v. Board of Education
In this landmark supreme court case it was ruled unconstitutional to segregate schools because of skin color. While this does not explicitly mention students with disabilities, this case set the precedent of the government intervening in school for the benefit of the students. This would lay the groundwork for the Supreme Court to intervene and help give more rights to individuals with disabilities. -
ESEA
This Act helped establish the governments role in providing equal access to schooling for all individuals. The ESA helped to implement free and reduced lunches to students that could not afford it. It also established a grant program which subsequently encouraged states to create and improve programs for individuals with disabilities. National Center for Learning Disabilities -
Vocational Rehab Act
This act helped to prevent any private, local or state organization that uses federal funds from discriminating against individuals with disabilities solely on the basis of the disability. Because a lot of these companies are accepting money from the government, it prevented them from not giving individuals with disabilities access to their services. This helped to give individuals with disabilities more access to equal opportunities not only in education but also in employment. -
EAHCA
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act helped support state-run programs for students with disabilities. This act helped to establish IEPs by requiring schools to establish individualized education programs for the students. This helped to involve the student's parents and educate the child with "non handicapped" children as much as possible. -
Board of Ed v. Hendrick
In this instance Amy Rowley was a deaf student that required hearing aids, and was not getting the adequate amount of support that she was due. This case helped to define more clearly what a free and appropriate pubic education was. This case made it required by states to provide sufficient support for the benefit of the disabled students from a public education, equal to a typical level that their non disabled peers were receiving. -
IDEA
The Individuals with disabilities Act was an act that replaced the aforementioned Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This new act helped to establish "people first" language when referring to individuals with disabilities. It established the states duty to educate students with disabilities on how to transition into employment, and also provide said services. This act also helped to name autism and traumatic brain injury as new categories of disabilities. -
IDEIA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act builds upon its predecessor IDEA. With this new act it helped to allow districts to use the response-to-intervention (RTI) model, which provided high-quality instruction and made sure that students were progressing as expected. This act also helped to eliminate the use of short-term objectives in a student IEP, with the exception of students that did not take nationwide achievement assessments. This act helped to define LRE. -
ESSA
The Every Student Succeeds Act provides additional opportunities for schools when students are not progressing. It was signed by President Barack Obama in 2015, and shifted the responsibility of the student's progression to the states rather than the federal government. This gave states more flexibility when it comes to things like setting the pace for their students achievements and standardized testing. Youtube