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Landmark Case One: Brown vs. Board of Education 1954 https://www.slideshare.net/AngieCheatham/court-cases-6780307 The United States Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was unconstitutional. Education is a right that is available to all including children with disabilities.
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Landmark Case Two: Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1972) https://www.slideshare.net/AngieCheatham/court-cases-6780307 The state of Pennsylvania did not have pubic education for the mentally or physically handicapped. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania demanded that education should be for all students. This set the stage for the special education law.
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Landmark Case Three: IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act)
http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/46133/The-History-of-Special-Education/#vars!panel=404693!
IDEA is formerly known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This act governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services
