Inclusion Timeline

By esaunders

  • First Public School for People With Disabilities

    Established by Charles Michel L'Epee - France

  • First School for Blind

    Established by Valentin Hauy

  • First School for Deaf

    Established by Reverend Thomas Galludet

  • First School for Blind in US

    Established by Samuel Gridley Howe

  • American Institutions for Idiotic and Feebleminded Person

    Established by The Association of Medical Officers

  • Department of Special Education

    Created by National Education Association

  • The First Intelligence Scale was created

    by Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon (French Psychologists)

  • IQ Test renamed the "Stanford-Binet Scale"

    By Lewis Terman

  • Council for Exceptional Children

    Founded by Elizabeth Farrell

  • Section of Exceptional Children

    established by U.S. Office of Education

  • Blind Persons

    Were finally included in the Social Security Act of 1935

  • National Association of Retarded Children

    founded by parents

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Established that all children have a right to education on equal terms

  • Federal Funding

    President Eisenhower signed federal law to fund Special Education degrees

  • Elementary and Secondary Rducation Act was passed

  • The Education of Handicapped Act was passed

    To train teachers how to educate the handicapped, and required The Office of Education for the Handicapped

  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children vs Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    Gave the right of students with mental retardation to receive free public education and, as long as possible, include these kind of students in a regular classroom rather than an isolated special class

  • Mills vs D.C. Board of Education

    ruled for right of children with disabilities to a free public education and certain due process procedural safeguards

  • Rehabilitation Act

    Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors, including education and housing

  • Rehabilitation Act was signed into public law

    including the establishment of the IEP and ensured fair due-process for all citizens

  • Individuals with Disabilities Act

    Ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment and independent living