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History of Special Eduaction
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American School for the Deaf
Founded in Hartford Connecticut, this school was the first of its kind to serve children with disabilties in the western hemisphere. -
Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded
Now called the Fernald Center, the Massachusetts School for the Feeble Minded was created for children who were considered "idiotic". It was the first school to serve children with a disability. -
Congress authorizes college degress for students with disabilities
Congress authorizes college degrees for the "deaf, dumb and blind" at Columbia University -
American Association of Mental Retardation
Edouard Seguin becomes the first president of the Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for Idiotic and Feebleminded Persons, which evolves into the American Association on Mental Retardation, but is now known as American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities -
The Office of Special Education Programs established
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"Learning Disability" coined
Dr. Samuel Kirk coined the term Learning Disability in 1963 in a speech to the group that would become the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities -
Bureau of Education for the Handicapped
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is a unit within the U.S Department of Education. Originally created as the Bureau of the Education of the Handicapped in 1967, its purpose is to strengthen and coordinate activities on behalf of students with disabilities -
Mills v. Board of Education
The court case against the District of Columbia that declared that students with disabilities must be given a public education -
Section 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act created and extended civil rights to people with disabilitie -
IDEA Signed
US federal law that governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to children with disabilities -
Americans with Disabilities Act
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No Child Left Behind
an Act og Congress that concerns the education of children in public schools. -
IDEIA
