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Brown v. Board of Education
Prior to the 1970s, children with disabilities seeking education could not attend public schools. Lawyers went to court using the Brown decision and argued that disabled children deserved the same equal education that black children won years earlier. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports. April 25, 2004 -
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PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Mills v. Board of Education, DC
PARC was the first significant challenge to laws around the country prohibiting or excluding students with mental disabilities from attending school alongside other children or even in special programs tailored to their needs. Before this case, many states had similar forms of legislation in place to prevent children with mental disabilities from receiving a free public education. -
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
Is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Amy Rowley was a deaf student whose school refused to provide a sign language interpreter. Her parents filed suit contending violation of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. The Court held that public schools are not required by law to provide sign language interpreters to deaf students who are otherwise receiving an equal and adequate education
