Special Education

  • Law Mandating Compulsory Education

    Required the government to provide schooling for all children.
  • Beattie vs. Board of Education

    Special needs students were expelled from schools due to teachers and other students feeling uncomfortable with physical differences.
  • Council for Exceptional Children

    The first advocacy group for children with disabilities was created.
  • Classification of Autism

    The first classification of autism.
  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    A court case that determined "separate was not equal". This applied to both black vs. white students and students with disabilities vs general students.
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    Grants were given for schools to implement programs that educate students with disabilities.
  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children vs. Commonwealth of Pennslyvannia

    Determined that children with disabilities be placed in publicly funded institutions that meet their educational needs.
  • Mills vs. Board of Education in the District of Columbia

    Made it unlawful for the board of education to deny students with disabilities access to publicly funded educational settings.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    This act ensured that all children with disabilities are educated in public schools.
  • Least Restrictive Environment

    With IEPs, students are able to be in as many regular education classes as possible.
  • Handicapped Children's Protective Act

    Gave parents more say in the development of their child's IEP.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    People with disabilities with have the same rights as everyone else in both school and work.
  • IDEA

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Contains 6 pillars, FAPE, LRE, IEP, evaluation, parent/student participation, and procedural safeguards for participants.
  • Elementary School

    I started my first year of school at Dan. O. Root elementary. No previous schooling before this.
  • Speech

    Was taken out of class to meet with a speech pathologist.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    States that all children should be proficient in math and reading.
  • School Testing

    I remember having to take tests for long periods of time. This was new to me.
  • IDEA Reauthorized

    Made changes to IEP, discipline, and due process.
  • First Noticed SPED Program

    It seems like my elementary school kept SPED students isolated from the majority of students. At this time is around when I first noticed the program at my school.
  • Student with Diverse Abilities in Elective Class

    It wasn't until high school when I noticed a SPED student included in an elective class. It seemed to really benefit everyone involved.