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Royal School for the Blind located in England, is one of the oldest specialist schools in the UK, which was founded in 1791. It was founded by a blind man, Edward Rushton. Royal School for the Blind was the first school in the world to offer education to blind students and children.
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The first permanent school in America for the deaf and dumb was founded by Thomas Hopkins in West Hartford, Connecticut on April 15,1817. Now, the school is called "American School for the Deaf."
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A group of administrators started CEC in 1922 and was named the International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children. It's name changed in 1958 to Council for Exceptional Children. This council strives to meet the needs of students with disabilities and special talents. This council helped pass the Education for all Handicapped Children Act in 1975.
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Parents created an organization in 1955, which is now called Inclusion BC. This organization advocated changes in the laws so that children with disabilities were provided the same education as other students. The Government started to slowly accept it and become responsible for funding public schools and laying out groundwork for inclusion.
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In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower administrated the passing of two laws: PL 85-905, which offered loan services for the deaf students, and PL 85-926, which provided support for training teachers to educate children with mental illness and special needs in the normal classroom. All teachers were trained to make sure that all the students needs in their classrooms were met.
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John F. Kennedy gave a speech to the congress of the United States in 1963, where he addressed that the needs of people with mental illnesses, need to be met. The Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Construction Act granted $330 million to new buildings for the disabled citizens.
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 stated that students who qualified under handicapped were to be included in classrooms with students who are not. If it was demonstrated that the handicapped student was not succeeding in the classroom, they were to be placed in another class for special education.
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In 1975, Public Law 94-142 was passed to support states in protecting the rights of individuals with special needs and improving the results for infants, toddlers, children and youth. This ensured that these students would be provided with a free meal at school, and proper education.
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This law was called the Educa-tion for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.This law guaranteed a free public education to each child with a disability. In 1990, the law was reauthorized and they renamed to the In-dividuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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ESSA is a US law signed by President Barack Obama that was passed in 2015. This law replaced the No Child Left Behind Act, but did not eliminate the provisions of it. This provides additional support to students regardless of their race, income, zip code, background or disability. This also provides high quality education for all students.
