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Important events that shaped Special Education -
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Important events that shaped Special Education
Brown vs. Board of Education -
The court ruled that the state could not deny an individual's right to equal access to education based on an intellectual or developmental disability status. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/pennsylvania-association-retarded-citizens-parc-v-commonwealth-pennsylvania- -
Resulted from children who were denied placement in a public school because
of any mental, behavioral, physical or emotional disabilities. https://kidstogether.org/mills/ -
The Education of the Handicapped Act (Act) provides federal money to assist state and local agencies in educating handicapped children. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/458/176/ -
U.S. Department of Education
https://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml -
All students have the right to a free, appropriate public education that meets their unique needs. -
President Barack Obama signed “Rosa’s Law” which changed “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability” in US federal law.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2781 -
ESEA good news for our nation's schools.
https://www.ed.gov/essa