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Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens -
Watertown, Massachusetts
Perkins Institution for the Blind opens by Samuel Gridley Howe. Fun Fact- Helen Keller attended for four years. -
Paris
Braille code is first published. The system was invented in 1824 by Louise Braille. -
Louisville, Kentucky
American Printing House for the Blind is established. -
Washington D.C.
National Deaf Mute College is established. Later renamed Gallaudet University. -
Vineland, New Jersey
Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon publish their intelligence test, the basis for modern IQ testing. -
New York, New York
Council for Exceptional Children is founded by Elizabeth Farrell and eleven of her students at Columbia University. -
Staten Island, New York
Willowbrook State School opened as a facility for children with intellectual disabilities. After medical scandals and an expose about its horrible conditions, it was closed in 1987. -
Topeka, Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court hands down decision in Brown v Board of Education. -
P.L. 94-142
1974 Education or All Handicapped Children Act is enacted -
IDEA
Americans with Disabilities Act is enacted. EAHCA is amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). -
No Child Left Behind Act
NCLBA increases accountability for outcomes for all students and requires that they are taught by highly qualified teachers. -
Rosa's Law
President Obama signs Rosa's Law, which changes federal language usage from mental retardation to intellectual disability.
