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Valentin Huay creates the Institution for Blind Children after seeing blind men cruelly exhibited. The point was to make life more tolerable for the blind. He also discovered that blind people can read raised text.
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Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard establishes principles and methods for educating the mentally disabled. He did this through his work with Victor, the "wild boy of Aveyron",
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Thomas H. Gallaudet leaves the U.S. to get training for Deaf Education in Europe. Finds Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons in Hartford, CT.
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Ten Year Old Louis Braille, who was blinded as a child, is sent to the Paris Blind School that was originated by Huay.
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Louis Braille creates the braille alphabet.
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Annie Sullivan becomes new tutor for seven year old deaf and blind Helen Keller
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Samuel Orton studies dyslexia and hypothesizes that it is a neurological disorder rather than a visual one.
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The ARC, the Association for Retarded Citizens is established by the parents of mentally challenged children.
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The American Standards Association publishes the first accessiblity standard, which made buildings handcap accessible.
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A man with polio, Ed Roberts, is denied admission to the University of California - Berkely. He fights and becomes the father of the Independent Living Movement and establishes the first Center for Independent Living.
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The Administration for Developmental Disabilities funds Youth Information Centers for disabled emerging leaders.
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The History of the Disability Movement is added to the curriculum for k-12 students.
