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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1500
Belief that people with disabilites were possed by the devil- Martin Luther and John Calvin
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First Hopital Soley for Mental Disabilities
Virginia establishes the first hospital solely for the treatment people with mental disablities -
Wild Boy of Aveyron
Victor of Aveyron, who had grown up wild and alone in the woods came into a village where he would be studied by Jean Itard -
American Asylum for the Deaf
Founded by Thomas Gallaudet in Hartford, Connecticut -
Perkins School for the Blind
Dr. John Fisher opened the Doors to the first school for people with vision impairments in Watertown, Massachusetts after visiting the first in the world in Paris. -
Galluadet College
The first college for the deaf and hard of hearing in the world. It is found in Washington DC -
First Intelligence test
Dr. Alfred Binet creates the first IQ test called the Binet test -
Buck vs. Bell
United States Supreme Court ruling that decided it was ok to make the unfit and mentally disabled sterile in order to protect the state. -
Education of All Handicapped Children Act
Required public schools accepting federal funding to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day to children with mental and physical disablities -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Addresses the needs of children with disabilities from birth to the age of 18 -
Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act-No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
An act to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind. Proposed by President George W. Bush on the above date.
