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In 1817, the first special education school was formed in the United States of America. It was called "The American Asylum for the Education and INtruction of the Deaf and Dumb. It is now known as "The american School for the Deaf". It was Founded in Hartford, Connecticut by Hopkins Gallaudet https://www.ctmuseumquest.com/?page_id=7789 -
Brown v. Board of Education was the landmark trial and verdict that ended the segregation of schools. Ruling it unconstitutional to separate children based on race. While not specific for those with disabilities, it laid the building blocks for IDEA to pass 20 years later. It established a precedent of education for "All". -
The Association for Children with learning disabilities, now the LDA was established in 1964 after a group of parents met in 1963 at a conference. The parents met with professionals from multiple fields with diverse clinical experiences in dealing with the needs of children with disabilities. To this day, the now-named LDA, has established learning disabilities as a handicapping condition leading to funds for research, service delivery programs, and professional preparations. -
A landmark trial that ruled that states could not deny an individuals right to equal access to education based on intellectual or developmental disability status. This was brought to the courts by 14 families with children with disibilities. All unable to access public schools due to these disabilities. Prior to this, schools had the power to deny education to children who do not have the mental age or average intellegence of a 5 year old by the beginning of first grade. -
This land mark trial dicated that students with disabilities are entitled to an Education. Additionally states that education can not be restricted or denied based on the accommodations additional cost to the school. Setting a precident against the discriminatory acts schools could take to exclude students with disabilities. -
The passing of the Rehabilitation Act created a national law protecting individuals from being discriminated against based on their disabilities. It made it so companies and organizations, along with their employees from denying people with disabilities an fair or equal opportunity in the workplace. Establishing further the normalization of hiring individuals who qualify as having disabilities. -
On 11/29/1975 President Ford Passed the EHA, also known as the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act". It was later renamed "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)" in 1990. This act is meant to protect the rights of and meet individual needs while improving results for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their families. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XMndYNEGFA&ab_channel=Study.com -
The national center for learning disabilities was established in 1977. It was originally named the Foundation for Children with learning disabilities and was meant to provide leadership, advocacy, awareness, and grants to support research and innovation in practices for learning disabilities. It eventually transitioned from a "foundation" to its more current title as a nonprofit. -
EHA was reauthorized under the new guise of IDEA, or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Included with this reauthorization was the introduction of IEPs or "Individualized Education Program." It also added brain injury and autism as new categories that fall under the umbrella of disabilities. IEPs make students with disabilities immersion and transition into the general classroom much more viable. Equipping teachers with the tools for addressing their needs. -
The acts main purpose was to improve primary and secondary schools to hopefully improve student performance and engagement. New standards for testing and assessing students, along with certifications for teachers, all with increasing ramifications if standards were not met. Schools that repeatedly failed to meet the new standards face sanctions or ultimiately closure. the standadizatoin of these standards make inclusion in classroom more viable for students with disabilities.