The History of Special Education

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

  • Period: to

    History of Special Education

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA)

    Later reauthorized as IDEA
  • Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)

  • Amendments to IDEA

  • No Child Left Behind

  • Reauthorization of IDEA