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  Case where advocacy groups were created to inform the public of the need of special education programs.
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  The Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Act granted millions towards support programs that help mental retardation
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  First center which opened by Ed Roberts, for people to live independently without having to live in a nursing home
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  Implemented to allow protection of discrimination to those with disabilities. First to give students protection
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  "Supreme Court rendered its first opinion regarding the contours of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and, importantly, the “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) mandate within it." (https://massadvocates.org/billsview/)
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  Approach introduced by Madeleine Will, that advocated general educators assuming greater responsibility of education towards kids with disabilities
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  Not much relation towards education but was a case that was created that outweighed separate but equal
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  Act signed by Ronald Regan which gave parents with children of disabilities a higher say in the development of their child's IEP
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  Act signed by George W. Bush which was a law that stated that all students should be proficient in mathematics by 2014
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  Supreme courts ruled that parents can get reimbursed by the government for private tuition even when they haven't received any in public schools
