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American School for the Deaf
This was the first school ever, that allowed children with disibablities access to education. -
Law Mandating Compulsory Education
Rhode Island the first state to pass a law that required ALL children to receive education. -
Association of Instructors of the Blind
The school for the Deaf and the School for the Blind offer comprehensive educational programs for hearing impaired and visually impaired students. This was the first point where students of more than just one disability were offered education. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This brought light to the fourteenth amendment, which provides equal protection to ALL citizens. Eyes were opened to more than just the racial issues in this case. -
Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children is the first advocacy group for children with disabilities. The CEC is one of the largest special education advocacy groups. The main objective of this group is to ensure that children with special needs receive public education. Remember this focus is on public schooling and not private or charter schooling. -
Cuyahoga Council for Retarted Citizens
A Parental Advocacy Group composed of five mothers of children with mental retardation who came to Cuyahoga, Ohio to protest their children’s exclusion from public schools. This leads to the Special Education classes in schools. -
National Association for Retarded Citizens
NARC helped with litigation and making sure that all parts of the judicial process were met. NARC was estimated to have about 200,00 members, Also, created by two groups with the same idea to allow inclusion in every day life for our Special Education population. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
"Separate is not equal" as stated in the court case. This court case brought attention to black v. white’s in school and special need students v. general education students. This brought light on an uncomfortable topic that opened a new door in education -
Civil Rights Movement
This brought light on not just the racially discriminated population but also extended rights to the minorities. During that time the Special Education Population was looked at the same as minorities. The Civil Right movement paved the correct path for those with disabilities -
Section 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act allows protection from discrimination of special needs and disabilities. Tis law is considered the first law giving protection to students with special needs -
Least Restrictive Environment
This is to not restrict students of honestly there abilities. If they are believed to have enough will power to be in a regular education class they should be. Least restrictive environment pushed that and created the best possible environment for all of the students. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The act promises people with special needs will have the same rights as everybody else. This includes both school and work. This also stated that people with special needs cannot be discriminated against in schools, the workplace, and everyday society such as public transportation. -
IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. IDEA gets reviewed and restated every so often, keep your eyes out for changes as the sections of IDEA continue to grow! -
Compulsory Attendance
The Education Act of 1996 made it an obligation on parents to require children to have a full-time education from age 5 to 16.Today compulsory attendance ranges from age 8-17. This means any child in that age range is required to receive public education. This lead to creating a plan for Special Education and instead of 8-17, students can stay if they'd like in public schooling until the age of 21. The Education act of 1996 paved the path for this law, by allowing more growth for these students.