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1963 Kennedy was elected president and pushed for state to develop local facilities, fund research for disabilities and train educators to work with people with disabilities.
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Outlawed the JimCrow Act ending segregation in schools and extending voting rights to all citizens
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The start of special education in the US. Drafted to curb the educational inequality for economically underprivileged children.
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Was released that exposed the horrible conditions in mental institutions. Some described it as 'hell on earth.'
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President Johnson signed both these bills that provided health care funding for people with disabilities
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P.L. 89-75 was drafted to provide grants for the inclusion of students with disabilities in public schools
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His sister founded the Special Olympics in 1968, both siblings were motivated by their other sister who was disabled.
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First expansion of ESEA that provided additional funding that established Regional Resource Centers (A primary goal of President Kennedy.) It provided federal money to establish programs to support, expand and improve SE services.
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He snuck through the backdoor of Willowbrook and exposed the inhumane living conditions of the residents. Congress was flooded with calls from disturbed citizens and families were kept away from the ward.
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- guaranteed all children with disabilities receive a public education (developmental disabilities were previously excluded)
- If expelled, the district must continue to provide an education out of the school system.
- Due Process was a constitutional right.
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Part 1: An appropriate education for all children with disabilities.
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Mandated the following:
- Free appropriate public education
-Due Process right
-Individualized Education Plan
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This renamed the previous Edu. of Handic. Children Act. and amended to reauthorize and expand discretionary programs, mandated transition services and added autism and TBI to the list of categories of children eligible for SE and related services.
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-Annual yearly progress
-Highly qualified teachers
-Title 1
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I worked at In N Out with a boy who had Down Syndrome. This was my real first experience with a special needs person.
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For one of my field study work for my ECS degree, I worked at a school with both regular and special needs children. There were several autistic children and one with down syndrome.
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I worked at Vichy Elementary School, where my kids go to school and we had one autistic child and one child with ADHD.
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I work in a TK/K classroom and neither child has been diagnosed, but we feel strongly that there is something going on with both children. Evie is 4 years old, does not speak much at all and demonstrates behaviors as a 2 year old. Her writing is still scribbling and makes no connections to letters or has the attention span to write. Charlotte is also 4 years old and demonstrates many behavior problems and lack of attention and sitting still that may be signs of ADD or ADHD.