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Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
Itard worked with deaf-mutes in Paris and was a student under Pinel. Is noted for working with Victor, a boy who was found living in the woods. After Victor was labeled at an "idiot" Itard began to work with him, believing that Victor could be taught. -
Edouard Seguin
Seguin was a student of Itard and took on several children with disabilities. In 1839 Seguin established the first school with the intent on educating children with disabilities.
Edouard Seguin - Museum of disABILITY History -
Samuel Gridley Howe
Howe founded the first public school for disabled children in Boston. This school was created as an experiment, Howe educated boys in a wing of Perkins Institute for the Blind. -
Idiocy and its Treatment by the Psychological Method
This book was written by Edouard Seguin and became the standard book that was used when creating more institutions in the United States. -
Ward v. Flood
This case was held by the California Supreme Court after a principal denied a child access to education due to his thought that the student would not be able to master the content. -
Department of Special Education
In 1896 the National Education Association started the Department of Special Education which originally was dedicated to educating students who were deaf. -
Henry Herbert Goddard
After translating the Binet-Simon scale into English his version of the scale became widely used to test intelligence in people with disabilities and aided in their diagnosis. -
International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children
Elizabeth Farrell and her students at Columbia University's Teachers College formed the International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children which later became Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) -
National Association of Parents and Friends of Mentally Retarded Children
Parents grouped together to fight for proper education and rights for their children who had disabilities. In September representatives from the groups met in Minneapolis to form this association. -
Public Law 85-926
Act to Encourage Expansion of Teaching in the Education of Mentally Retarded Children Through Grants to Institutions of Higher Learning and to State Education Agencies.
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IDEA
Requires that children who have disabilities are to be educated alongside non-disabled peers.
IDEA informational video
