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1817- Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens
This opened in Hartford, Connecticut. People with exceptionalities got instituted. -
1864-National Deaf Mute College
The National Deaf Mute College is established, which later turns into a general education college. -
1898- Training is offered for teachers of students with disabilities.
College level training is introduced to teachers of students with disabilities. -
1910-Segerate children with disabilities from general education classrooms.
They segregate children with disabilities from the classrooms because they were a "emotional disturbance." -
1922-Council for Exceptional Children is introduced.
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1954- Brown vs. Board of Education
The term "separate cannot be equal" comes from this movement. Special education children were separated which did not give them an appropriate education. As well, this meant because a child spoke a different language did not mean they were "disabled" but that teachers had to accommodate to their learning abilities. -
1966- Living conditions of intuitions get exposed
"Christmas in Purgatory" gets published and shows how poorly people with intellectual disabilities are treated in institutions. The publicity this received pushed forward a change in laws. -
1975-EHA
The Education of the Handicapped Act is put into place -
1990- Ammedments to EHA are made.
The name of EHA is changed to IDEA; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
2003- No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act increases education to special education students. Teachers have to become highly qualified and improves the outcome for ALL students. -
2004- IDEA raises the standards for students with disabilities.
IDEA changed the standards. Those standards required parent involvement, and discipline.
