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Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, became the first permanent school for deaf Americans, it opened on April 15, 1817, in Hartford, Connecticut. -
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Timeline of the Development of Special Education Services
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The first Special Education class was created in public schools.
In Cleveland, Ohio the first ever Special Education class was created in public schools after they had expressed and voiced that there should be care and support for children with disabilities. Shortly after the idea was explored it was soon disbanded. -
Willowbrook State School
Willowbrook State School was Built in New York for developmentally disabled children and adults. The school became an institution where residents were abused, experimented on, starved and neglected – the opposite of what their intent actually was. Willowbrook shut its doors for the last time in September 1987. The city of New York eventually acquired the land and it later became the current campus of the College of Staten Island. -
Brown v. Board of Education
"Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate-but-equal” education and other services were not, in fact, equal at all."- Cited from History.com -
Title VI
In 1967, congress was provided money to begin to widely spread the best practices for special education by adding Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965(ESEA).The law represented a major new commitment by the federal government to “quality and equality” in educating our children and youth
The purpose of ESEA was to provide additional resources for "vulnerable students" (examples, federal grants to get textbooks, scholarships for low income students, etc. -
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
"The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended (Rehab Act) prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors." (Sourced from https://www.askearn.org) -
The Education of the Handicapped Act
The law gave and provided money to all of the states to begin to assist elementary and secondary schools to create and improve programs and services for handicapped students. -
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act(IDEA)
Soon after The Education of the Handicapped Act was created thy then renamed the act to; The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA is a law that makes all children with exceptionalities be able to have free and appropriate public education. It creates the opportunity to provide appropriate schools to have meet the unique needs for the students as well as prepare them for other things such as college, employments in a job, and living on their own. -
No Child Left Behind Act(NCLB)
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) required all public schools receiving federal funding to administer a statewide standardized test annually to all students. Example(ISTEP) to make sure that students are getting the appropriate testing to see if they are able to go on to higher education -
Rosa's Law
Rosa's Law is a United States law which replaces several instances of "mental retardation" in law with "intellectual disability". The bill was introduced in the United States and then signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 5, 2011. The law is named for Rosa Marcellino, a girl with Down Syndrome. Obama worked with her parents and her siblings to have the words 'mentally retarded' officially removed from the health and education code in her home state of Maryland.
