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Advocators of 17th century
"Swift left his entire fortune to establish a hospital in Dublin for idiots and lunatics." Defoe--That is, he thought that the best way of doing so was by making the care of people with lesser intellectual ability a contribution by those of higher ability. Wehmeyer, Michael L. Handbook of Research-Based Practices for Educating Students with Intellectual Disability. Defoe, D. (1697). An essay upon projects. London: Kessinger. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?id=-5oxAQAAMAAJ. -
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Edouard Seguin and the Physiological Method
Itard’s devotion to people who were so poorly treated was inspiring to Seguin’s therefore, he took up the challenge and began working with a child, adapting, adopting, and refining his mentor’s methods and continuing the work even after Itard’s death one year later.
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The American School for the Deaf
The American School for the Deaf is founded in Hartford, Connecticut. This is the first school for disabled children in the Western Hemisphere.
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Perkins Institution
The Perkins Institution was founded by Samuel Gridley Howe. It was the first residential institution for people with mental retardation.
In October 1848, Howe converted a wing of the Perkins Institute for the Blind, where he was superintendent, as an experimental school for four boys classified as idiots.
Howe’s school was the first public school for so-called idiots.
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Ward V. Flood
Mary Ward, the plaintiff, was an African-American child who, in 1872, was denied entrance to a California public school by that school’s principal (Flood) on the grounds that there were separate schools for colored children and that Mary could not master the curriculum for the lowest grade at San Francisco’s Broadway Grammar School. (Primary Document uploaded)-Media
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Association of the Deaf
The New England Gallaudet Association of the Deaf is founded in
Montpelier, Vermont.
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First Wheelchair
The first wheelchair patent is registered with the U.S. Patent Office.
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Ungraded Classess
general education classes—were established during the 1870s, including an ungraded class for disobedient youth in New Haven Connecticut in 1871, a class for truant boys in New York City in 1874, and a similar class for incorrigible and truant boys in 1876 in Cleveland. -
Helen Keller Meets Anne Sullivan
In May of 1888, Anne Sullivan brought Helen Keller to Perkins School for the Blind, where a new world of friendship began. The miracle of Anne and Helen began with Dr. Howe and Laura. But Laura’s fame and Howe’s success with her were later eclipsed by the extraordinary accomplishments of Helen and Anne (Howe, 1893; Smith, 2003).
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Public Classes for the crippled
In 1896, the first public classes for “feebleminded” children opened in Boston and Providence, Rhode Island and, in 1899, the Chicago public schools opened classes for “crippled” children. Wehmeyer, Michael L. Handbook of Research-Based Practices for Educating Students with Intellectual Disability -
Mainstream Schools
The Education Act concedes that
mainstream schools are likely to be the
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Mental Health Act
The Mental Health Act abolishes the
distinction between psychiatric and other
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U.S. Olympics
The U.S Olympic Committee organized its Handicapped in Sports
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Powered Wheelchair
The iBOT powered wheelchair developed by Dean Kamen uses gyroscopic technology to allow the user to mount stairs and curbs and rise to a standing height.
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"IDEA Is The History of Segregation and Isolation"
IDEA requires, to this day, that children with disabilities be educated with their nondisabled peers unless the “nature or severity of the disability of a child is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily” [IDEA 2004, Title 1(B) Sec. 612(a)(5)(A)]. The original language in P.L. 94–142
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Paralympic Games
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ABLE Act of 2014
The ABLE Act allows people with disabilities and their families to set up a special saving account for disability-related expenses. Earnings on an ABLE account would not be taxed.
