-
Gallaudet University
-
American non-profit professional organization concerned with intellectual disability and related developmental disabilities.
-
Means for providing adapted educational materials to eligible students who meet the definition of blindness.
-
For "at risk" children.
-
Elizabeth E. Farrell was the Founder and first President.
-
Current mission is to improve results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.
-
-
Helped train program administrators and teachers of children with mental retardation.
-
Nonprofit organization whose thousands of members include individuals with learning disabilities, their families and the professionals who work with them.
-
Passed as a part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty".
-
The act was an amendment to Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act enacted in 1966.
-
-
Prohibits discrimination based on disability.
-
Required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school.
-
Removes the terms "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" from federal health, education and labor policy.
