History of Special Education By jdaggett May 15, 1400 People with disabilities believed to be possessed by the devil May 15, 1773 1st hospital for people with mental disabilities opens May 15, 1817 American Asylum for the Deaf-Thomas Gallaudet May 15, 1864 Gallaudet College Opens History of Gallaudet May 15, 1896 Rhode Island begins first special class in the United States May 15, 1905 Dr. Alfred Binet-IQ test is developed May 15, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President-first physically disabled president FDR Biography May 15, 1975 PL 94-142 passed by Congress
