Special education

History of Special Education and Inclusive Education

By Taiyanna

  • American School for the Deaf

    American School for the Deaf
    On this day in Connecticut the Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Person opened by Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. It is now called American School for the Deaf. When it opened there were 7 students, that was strictly only for those that were blind or deaf. Now with the renaming of the school it is now only for students who are deaf.

  • Council for Exceptional Children

    Council for Exceptional Children
    This is organization was founded in 1922. This organization focuses on making the educational journey and experience of students that have disabilities or gifts with talents better. Their goal is to organize standards to help educational professional gain resources to provide to their students the best learning environment.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Schools in Kansas and in other cities in the South were segregated, separate schools for Caucasian and African American children were the law. Many African American parents began to filing challenges to this law to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the law stayed. In Topeka, Kansas the U.S. Supreme Court said that it was illegal for schools to discriminate different races from attending school together.
    Link: Brown v. Board of Education on PBS's "The Supreme Court" - Bing video

  • PARC v. Commonwealth of PA

    PARC v. Commonwealth of PA
    Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was one of the first right-to-education suit in the country. This is students with disabilities can be placed in publicly funded school settings, that meet their educational needs individually. This would be done after proper testing and evaluations.

  • Vocational Rehabilitation Act

    Vocational Rehabilitation Act
    This law prevents any organizations from discriminating against anyone with a disability and only looking at their disability. This includes schools not granting access based on the fact the child has a disability. This also includes adults being able to work and have equal opportunities with a disability as person without disabilities.

  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    Education for All Handicapped Children Act
    This act requires that all public schools give access of education to children with physical and mental disabilities. The school itself is to test and evaluate the students with disabilities and make an educational plan with the parent of the child with the disability. The plan must mirror a non-disabled students experience in school learning.

  • NCLD

    NCLD
    Is a foundation that is now a non-profit organization. They help children, teenagers, and adults with a learning disability to succeed in school, work, and throughout life. They provide information to parents, teachers, caregivers, and people with disabilities that helps effective learning. This organization is the voice to help build policies the protect and promote educational rights.

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act
    This act was signed and made a law by President George W. Bush. People with special needs will have the same rights as people without special needs is the promise that this act makes. This is with the inclusion of the workplace, schools, and everyday things like taking the public bus. People with disabilities will not be discriminated against

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
    A federal public law that renamed and replaced the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA). The federal law allows children with disabilities to continue to receive any services they were already in even if they have been expelled from school. It allows special education teacher to help in the main teacher classroom when needed and allows teachers to be a part of the IEP team. It also requires students with disabilities to take part in district and state assessments.

  • Every Student Succeeds Act

    Every Student Succeeds Act
    This is a new education law that replaced the name “No child left behind act” (NCLB), and before than The Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA). This is a bill that strives in focusing on educational outcome improvement. President Barack Obama signed this act in December of 2015, which it was a commitment for all students to have equal opportunities. The law was built with the help and efforts of educators, parents, and students all over. Link: https://www.ed.gov/essa?src%3Drn