Disabilities Timeline

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  • Watson case

    Expulsion of student the school said couldn’t benefit from an education
  • 1954 Brown decision

    1954 Brown decision

    NAACP challenged the On behalf of Linda Brown
    In Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka,
  • President’s Panel on Mental Retardation

    President’s Panel on Mental Retardation

    http://museumofdisability.org/timeline/president-kennedy-establishes-the-presidents-panel-on-mental-retardation/
  • 1968 First Special Olympics

    1968 First Special Olympics

  • PARC v Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    All persons considered mentally retarded could benefit from education and training
  • 1973 Rehabilitation Act

    1973 Rehabilitation Act

    https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/history/50th/thelaw/rehab_act-1973.cfm

  • 1975 Education of the Handicapped Act passed

    In1975, Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), Public Law (P.L.) 94--‐142 was passed. It has since been reauthorized in 1997 & 2004, and together with the Elementary And Secondary Educa6on Act (ESEA), Renamed the "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act Of 2001 Have dramatically raised expectations and accountability surrounding the education of children with disabilities.

  • 1990 IDEA

    “Bill of Rights” for students identified with
    disabilities and their families.

  • 1997 Amendment

    10 changes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaJLJ_l2MeY

  • 1998 Article by Mitchel

    Public education is a birthright in the USA
  • 2004 Amendment to IDEA

    2004 Amendment to IDEA