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The first "known" and documented procedures are developed for the education of the hardest to teach children.
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History of Special Education
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First American school of the deaf
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First school for the blind
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Students with disabilities begin to be introduced into general education classrooms
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Barriers to participation in society begin to be removed
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Special Education is developed as a profession by Ferrell and other teachers.
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These groups begin to form to support the continued development of Special Education Programs.
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This ensures that all children and youth with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate, public education.
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"Standards-based" reform consequences to special ed.
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