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Inclusion

Inclusion Timeline

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  • Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens in Hartford, Connecticut.

    Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens in Hartford, Connecticut.

  • Perkins Institution for the lind opened by Samuel Gridley Howe

    Perkins Institution for the lind opened by Samuel Gridley Howe

  • Braille code is first published

    Braille code is first published

  • Howe establishes experimental school for feebleminded youth

    Howe establishes experimental school for feebleminded youth

  • American Printing House for the Blind is established

    American Printing House for the Blind is established

  • National Deaf Mute College is established, later to be renamed Gallaudet University

    National Deaf Mute College is established, later to be renamed Gallaudet University

  • Formal training for teachers of blind persons begins at Columbia University; Alexander Graham Bell introduces the term "special education"

    Formal training for teachers of blind persons begins at Columbia University; Alexander Graham Bell introduces the term "special education"

  • College-level training for teachers of students with intellectual disabilities begins

    College-level training for teachers of students with intellectual disabilities begins

  • Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon publish their intelligence test, the basis for modern IQ testing

    Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon publish their intelligence test, the basis for modern IQ testing

  • Segregated classes in the public schools are established as viable alternatives to instructing children with disabilities; the term "emotional disturbance" comes into use

    Segregated classes in the public schools are established as viable alternatives to instructing children with disabilities; the term "emotional disturbance" comes into use

  • The term "mentally retarded" is introduced; the term "gifted" appears in the professional literature

    The term "mentally retarded" is introduced; the term "gifted" appears in the professional literature

  • Council for Exceptional Children founded

    Council for Exceptional Children founded

  • Leo Kanner identifies the characteristics of children with autism

    Leo Kanner identifies the characteristics of children with autism

  • Dr. Hans Asperger identifies children with characteristics that later would come to be called Asperger syndrome

    Dr. Hans Asperger identifies children with characteristics that later would come to be called Asperger syndrome

  • Willowbrook State School (NY) opened as a facility for children with intellectual disabilities. After medical scandals and an expose' about its horrible conditions, it was closed in 1987

    Willowbrook State School (NY) opened as a facility for children with intellectual disabilities. After medical scandals and an expose' about its horrible conditions, it was closed in 1987

  • U.S. Supreme Court hands down decision in "Brown v. Board of Education"

    U.S. Supreme Court hands down decision in "Brown v. Board of Education"

  • Samuel A. Kirk introduces the term "learning disability"

    Samuel A. Kirk introduces the term "learning disability"

  • B.Blatt and F.Kaplan publish "Christmas in Purgatory", a photographic expose' of life in institutions for those with intellectual disabilities. The widespread publicity it received led to significant changes in law and policy

    B.Blatt and F.Kaplan publish "Christmas in Purgatory", a photographic expose' of life in institutions for those with intellectual disabilities. The widespread publicity it received led to significant changes in law and policy

  • Congress provides funding to disseminate best practices for special education by adding Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)

    Congress provides funding to disseminate best practices for special education by adding Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)

  • P.L. 94-142 amendments to the 1974 Education for All Handicapped CHildren Act (EAHCA), is enacted

    P.L. 94-142 amendments to the 1974 Education for All Handicapped CHildren Act (EAHCA), is enacted

  • Americans with Disabilities Act is enacted; EAHCA is amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)

    Americans with Disabilities Act is enacted; EAHCA is amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)

  • IDEA is amended, adding provisions related to transition services, participation by general education teachers, and discipline

    IDEA is amended, adding provisions related to transition services, participation by general education teachers, and discipline

  • No Child Left Behind Act increases accountability for outcomes for ALL students and requires that they are taught by highly qualified teachers.

    No Child Left Behind Act increases accountability for outcomes for ALL students and requires that they are taught by highly qualified teachers.

  • Reauthorization of IDEA raises standards for quality instruction for students wit disabilities, elaborates on parent involvement and discipline, and defines "highly qualified" for special education teachers.

    Reauthorization of IDEA raises standards for quality instruction for students wit disabilities, elaborates on parent involvement and discipline, and defines "highly qualified" for special education teachers.

  • President Obama signs Rosa's Law, which changes federal language usage from "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability"

    President Obama signs Rosa's Law, which changes federal language usage from "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability"