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This was the first school for children with disabilities and was founded in Hartford, Conneticut. -
This was the first school for individuals with mental disabilities opened in Watertown, Massachusetts. This school operated as a boarding school, anyone who attended had to live on the campus. This is also the school that Helen Keller attended. -
Rhode Island was the first state to have compulsory education. Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxdl-rw-Y2o -
What used to be known as the The Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind was the first college in the world for individuals with disabilities and the US Congress allowed to issue college degrees. -
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal" -
To provide resources and advocacy of children who were diagnosed with mental retardation and provides opportunities to support the children and their families to live normal lives with support. https://arcqca.org/about-us/history-of-the-arc/ -
This landmark court case overturned Plessy vs Ferguson case stating "Separate is not Equal". This case informed the public for the need for special education programs. -
The Americans Standards Association ( ANSI) published its first accessibility title "Making Buildings Accessible to an Usable by the Physically Handicapped." by 1973 49 states adapted accessibility. -
Makes it illegal for federal agencies, public universities and other public businesses that receives any federal funds to discriminate on the basis of disability. -
Was developed to guarantee that all received a free and appropriate, public education for all children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment possible.