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AT History

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  • Rehabilitation Act 1973

    Rehabilitation Act 1973
    This law was considered an "equal opportunity law". Curbs, elevators installed for wheel chair access, braille added to signs for blind individuals

  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1975

    Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1975
    This law had states implement policies that assure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with disabilities. This included AT for students to have access to regular classrooms with wheelchairs and braille for example (LRE).

  • Technology-Related Assistance Act of 1988

    Technology-Related Assistance Act of 1988
    This law provides funding to develop statewide, consumer-responsive information and training programs designed to meet the assistive technology (AT) needs of individuals with disabilities of all ages.

  • IDEA 1991

    IDEA 1991
    Extended AT device & service defintion to special education. Increased funding for states to use towards special education.

  • IDEA 1997

    IDEA 1997
    Reauthorized and IEP teams now mandanted to consider AT for all students. New language was added to IEP documentation to show condersideration AT services.

  • IDEA 2004

    IDEA 2004
    Further defined AT devices as 'any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized'.