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First compulsory laws were created in Massachusetts. These laws created laws for education, but usually left out students with disabilities.
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said a school can expel a student who was "weak in mind". This was due to compulsory laws created by the sate.
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Main goal was to define and establish programs for children and youth with disabilities.
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Founded by Elizabeth Farrell, its goals are to help the education of student with disabilities, establish standards, and unite the interest of students with disabilities.
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First organization of 5 mothers of student's with disabilities. They protested their child's exclusion from school.
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A power organization that focused on providing information to concern individuals about mental retardation and monitor the quality of services for individuals with mental retardation.
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First case of education that argued for equal opportunity for all students.
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Federal document signed by President Lyndon Johnson to provide funding fo students with disabilities in public schools.
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PARC argued that students with mental retardation was not getting the supported education they deserve. Thus, it was against the civil rights movement of equal protection of the law.
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Mills argued that students with disabilities were excluded from the classroom (segregation). This was based off of the 14th Amendment because the students were excluded from school without due process of law.
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To proclaim that no student with disabilities should be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefit of, or be subject to discrimination under any activity receiving federal funding. Which means any school receiving funding from the government must allow all students with disabilities the ability to participate in school.
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Started giving families more rights in their child's education like education in the least restrictive environment (LRE), parents allowed ton IEP teams, and a free education.
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Required states to to develop and implement statewide interagency programs of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
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Allow families to have attorney's fees from the government if they are brought a school to court and prevailed in their actions.
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Same law as EAHCA except it added autism and traumatic brain injury to disabilities, included expectations for individualized transition planning, and used "people first" language.
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To reauthorize and improve the IDEA. The amendments express that students with disabilities deserve a quality public education and that students need to be demonstrating improvement.
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Emphasizes increased accountability for student's performance at the classroom, school and district level. It also had some changes in IEPs, discipline, and identification of students with learning disabilities. Also, that all special education teachers must be certified.
