SPED

  • Period: to

    1700-1800s

    Many people viewed those with a disability as a problem and treated them unequal. They deemed them unfit for society.
  • American School for the Deaf

    American School for the Deaf

    The American School for the Deaf opened in 1817. This was the first school for disabled children.
  • Perkin Institution for the Blind

    Perkin Institution for the Blind

    Perkins Institution was founded in Boston, Massachusetts. This was the first school for blind students.
  • Law Mandating Compulsory Education

    Law Mandating Compulsory Education

    Rhode Island passes a law mandating compulsory education for all students. This means that compulsory education is required for students to receive and the government is require to provide.
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    1844-1924

    During this time period more research was being done on those with disabilities. The first hospital for children with disabilities was opened during this time.
  • Columbia Institution

    Columbia Institution

    The Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind is incorporated. This would be the first college for people with disabilities.
  • Association of the Instructors of the Blind

    Association of the Instructors of the Blind

    The school for the deaf and the school for the blind offer different educational programs for the hearing and visually impaired students.
  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson

    Louisiana enacted the Separate Car Act, which required separate railway cars for blacks and whites. Homer Plessy, who was almost fully Caucasian, agreed to be apart of a test to challenge the Act.
    Plessy was told to vacate the whites car, he refused and was arrested.
  • Beattie V Board Of Education

    Beattie V Board Of Education

    Special needs students were expelled from school due to their drooling and abnormalities.They mentally, were fine, but students and teachers did not like their physical traits.
  • Council for Exceptional Children

    Council for Exceptional Children

    This council started to improve the education for students with disabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EekTDNQNgqA
  • The Bradly Home

    The Bradly Home

    This was the first psychiatric hospital opened up for children. This was located in Rhode Island.
  • Cuyahoga Council

    Cuyahoga Council

    Cuyahoga County Ohio Council for the Retarded Children formed for a special education class for their children who had previously been excluded from public school.
  • Classification of Autism

    Classification of Autism

    Autism was introduced by Dr. Leo Lanner of John Hopkins University.
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    1950s-1980s

    Finally, at this time laws started to get passed and we were making moves to help those with disabilities. They started to attend public schools and become apart of society.
  • National Association for Retarded Citizens

    National Association for Retarded Citizens

    NARC was formed by 23 individual groups who all had the same belief so they came together.
  • Brown V. Board of Education

    Brown V. Board of Education

    This case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. This brought attention to separating children in school over race and over special education.
  • Elementary & Secondary Education Act

    Elementary & Secondary Education Act

    Gave grants to schools who would educate students with disabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4okt6u6OEkg
  • Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    This stated that students with disabilities should be put in a normal general education if they fit after testing.
  • Mills V. Board of Education

    Mills V. Board of Education

    A lawsuit filed against the District of Columbia. The court ruled that students with disabilities must be given a public education even if the students are unable to pay for the cost of the education.
  • First Center for Independent Living Opens

    First Center for Independent Living Opens

    This was a center at UC Berkley, created by Ed Roberts to help those with disabilities so they can live on their own instead of institutions.
  • Section 504

    Section 504

    This act allows protection from discrimination for those with disabilities.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    This act ensured that all students with disabilities still received an education.
  • Least Restrictive Environment

    Least Restrictive Environment

    This act means that a student with IEP must be in as many regular education classes as possible.
  • Board of Education of HHCD v. Rowley

    Board of Education of HHCD v. Rowley

    A case that designed the Rowley two-part test that decides whether a FAPE is being met according to a students IEP.
  • Handicapped Children's Protection Act

    Handicapped Children's Protection Act

    This act was signed by Ronald Reagan. This law gave parents more say in how their children were being educated.
  • Period: to

    1990s- CURRENT

    Today, we see a huge positive increase in our special education department and people with disabilities are viewed as equals in class or at work. There are many ways they can have success with tools and laws we have passed.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act

    This law was signed by President George W. Bush. This law promises those with special needs and disabilities the same rights as everybody else. This is intended for school or work.
  • IDEA

    IDEA

    This stands for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and George W. Bush also signed this law into action.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    No Child Left Behind Act

    This law was also signed by George W. Bush. This states that all students should be proficient in math and reading by 2014.
  • IDEA Re-Authorized

    IDEA Re-Authorized

    This is a change to the original IDEA. Which includes, IEPS, due process, and student disclipine.