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http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/edu/essay.html?id=38 First ESE school opens in Hartford, CT. The American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. Its name was changed to American School for the Deaf.
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Rhode Island passes a law mandating that the government must provide and all children must receive an education. However, children with disabilities were still excluded from public schools.
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American Association on Developmental Disabilities is formed. Is the oldest professional association concerned with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
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Compulsory education that started in Rhode Island in 1840 is established for all states. The compulsory states that the government must provide and all children must receive an education.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0vCz2KWMM0
This video is a little long but it really changes your perspective on the challenges that faced by families.
https://www.autismspeaks.org.
Autism is introduced by Dr. Leo Kanner at John Hopkins. Kanner described Donald and ten other children in a 1943 paper entitled, Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact. Kanner took the term "autism" from Eugene Bleuler who used to describe inward, self-absorbed behaviors in adults with schizophrenia. -
http://www.arcbroward.com The National Association for Retarded Citizens is formed. Currently, ARC serves persons of all ages and more than 100 different diagnoses including autism, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and various other developmental disabilities.
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"Separate but equal" has no place in the field of education. Brown vs. Board of Education is a landmark in civil rights under the 14th ammendment. Separated schools for black and whites was declared unconstitutional.
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PARC (Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children) wins and FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education) is established for every child with mental retardation from ages 6 to 21 in the state of Pennsylvania.
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Mills sues on behalf of 18,000 disabled children. Another lawsuit under the provisions of the 14th amendment. The Mills case outlined the due process guarantees for children with special needs and their parents/legal guardians. It became the basis for PL 94-142 (later IDEA).
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Rehabilitation Act prohibits exclusion of people based on disabiloities in programs conducted, financed, and employed by the Federal Government.
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Video link: https://youtu.be/xU-E2pzFbF8
Specific Learning Disabilities. Specific Learning Disabilities is added as a category on the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. -
No Child Left Behind is established. Is the major federal law authorizing federal spending. The law establishes parameters for testing and accountability. School improvement receives great attention.
