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In 1954, The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark civil rights decision. After the decision parents with disabilities began to bring lawsuits against their school districts for excluding and segregating children with disabilities.
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Mills involved the practice of suspending, expelling and excluding children with disabilities from the District of Columbia public schools.
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This is also known as The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. This law focused on ensuring that children with disabilities had access to an education and due process of law.
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Mandated services for preschoolers and established the part H program to assist states in the development of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and statewide system of early intervention services for infants.
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Traumatic brain injury and autism were added as new disability categories.
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To ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education.
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"Did Your State Pass the IDEA Compliance Test?" which was the important qiestion when it came to the advocacy. The Department of Education has many responsibilities under IDEA.
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The council on disability concluded that special education would not fulfill its mission states are required to comply with the law.
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The purpose of this act was to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education.
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The purpose is to provide an education that meets a Childs unique needs and prepares the child for further education, employment, and independent living. The second purpose is to protect the rights of both children with disabilities, and independent living.