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"tamed" the "wild boy of Aveyron,"
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Physicians and clergy, including Itard, Edouard O. Seguin (1812–1880), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801–1876), and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851), wanted to ameliorate the neglectful, often abusive treatment of individuals with disabilities.
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the American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (now called the American School for the Deaf), was established in Hartford, Connecticut, by Gallaudet.
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Rhode Island passed a law mandating compulsory education for children, but not all states had compulsory education until 1918.
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the teacher who "worked miracles" with Helen Keller
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considered the founder of child psychology), researchers attempted to study child development scientifically in relation to education and in so doing established a place for psychology within public schools.
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increased attention to mental health and a consequent interest in establishing child guidance clinics.
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The National Association for Retarded Citizens (now ARC/USA), organized in 1950
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In 1951 the first institution for research on exceptional children opened at the University of Illinois and began what was to become the newest focus of the field of special education: the slow learner and, eventually, what we know today as learning disability.
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the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, organized in 1963.
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by 1970 the field of special education was offering a variety of educational placements to students with varying disabilities and needs; however, public schools were not yet required to educate all students regardless of their disabilities.
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IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive a free appropriate public education, just like other children.
