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The First Special Education School
Article on the first special education school
The first special education school in the US was in 1817 at the American Asylum for the deaf and dumb at Hartford, Connecticut.The founding of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Conn., in 1817 was a crucial milestone in the way society related to people with disabilities. -
School of "idiotic children".
Samuel Gridley Howe Video
Samuel Gridley Howe was an educational activist who helped advocate education for blind children. The Asylum was the first school for the blind. He strongly believed that children should not be "doomed to inequality". -
Exclusion across the U.S
Important landmark cases article link In 1893 across the United States of America, due to Massachussets supreme court, students were expelled from school due to poor academic ability. This allowed exclusion of students with disabilities legal. Students were deemed to "weak minded" to be included. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
ESEA supports many initiatives that help low-income families access high-quality education programs. It Includes provisions for free and reduced lunches and additional teachers in disadvantaged communities. This applies to children who need additional support to benefit from public school education programs -
PARC v. COP
Pennsylvania Association for retarded children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (COP) challenged the constitutionality of excluding individuals with mental retardation from public education and training. The state was not allowed to “deny to any mentally retarded child access to a free public program of education and training. -
Education for All Handicapped Children
Education for all handicapped children act was known as the Mainstreaming Law. This Law requires states to provide a free and appropriate public education for children with disabilities (ages 5 to 18). It also requires individualized education programs (IEPs). This was first defined as a least restrictive environment. -
Honig v. Doe
Benefited individuals with emotional and/or behavior disorders who have academic and social problems. Ruled that schools could not expel children for behaviors related to their disability. -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector. This helps protect equal opportunity to employment and public services, accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications. It also defines disability to include people with AIDS. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education
The individuals with disabilities education act increases federal funds to provide early intervention services to students who do not need special education or related services. This act also eliminates use of short-term objectives in an IEP except for students who do not take statewide achievement assessments. It also adopts policies designed to prevent the disproportionate representation of students in special education by race and ethnicity. -
Every Student Succeeds Act
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015.This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s national education law and longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students.
