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Founded in Hartford, Connecticut, made history as the first school for disabled children in the Western Hemisphere. -
Founded in Boston, Massachusetts, Perkin's was the first institution of its kind for people with mental disabilities. Students were required to live and learn there, just like a boarding school. -
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind granted college degrees, allowed by the U.S. Congress. It was the first college in the world established for people with disabilities.
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Blind students at Colombia Institution are moved to Maryland Institution for the Blind.
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Colombia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb is officially changed to Gallaudet College.
This can relate to my life because I attempted to learn ASL when realized that deaf people were "othered" in society since not many people knew their language. -
Decision that state-mandated segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Not directly education or disability related, but will be important later on related to other decisions.
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Special needs students were expelled from school due to facial abnormalities and drooling. The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided these students required too much attention and caused disruptions for other students, causing them to be segregated from traditional classrooms. This reminds me of a time in my life when I volunteered in a special education class on my elementary school campus and was able to find unique ways to interact with the students in what way was best for them.
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The first advocacy group for children with disabilities. The CEC is one of the largest special education advocacy groups. The main objective of this group is to ensure that children with special needs receive FAPE (free appropriate public education).
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Five mothers in Cuyahoga, Ohio created a parental advocacy group to protest their children’s exclusion from public schools. This lead to the establishment of a special class for the children.
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Autism was officially introduced by Dr. Leo Lanner of John Hopkins University as a diagnosis. This is one historical event that can relate to my life, as my brother was diagnosed with ASD in early elementary.
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NARC was formed by 23 individual advocacy groups that had the same belief so they came together as one. NARC consisted of over 200,000 members and helped with litigation and making sure that all parts of the judicial process were met.
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Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and made a statement that separate is not equal in regards to education.
This relates to my life because my brother did join some classes that were specified for students with disabilities, but he was ensured class time with the mainstream students so he was not kept separate. -
Allows protection from discrimination of special needs and disabilities. This law is considered the first law giving protection to students with special needs. This relates to my life as a physically disabled person because it can help protect me from discrimination.
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Signed into law by President George W. Bush and promises people with special needs that they will have the same rights as everybody else. This includes both school and work. This act also stated that people with special needs cannot be discriminated against in schools, the workplace, and everyday society such as public transportation.
Like Section 504, this is another piece of legislation that can help protect me in my life. -
Signed into law by President George W. Bush and states that all students should be proficient in math and reading by 2014. This law had some states asking to not be part of it. Some schools have been caught falsifying scores while others took it seriously and reported if they were not proficient.
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