History of Special Education

Wild Boy of Avyron (approx. date)

Sep 17, 1810

Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard begins educating the Wild Boy of Avyron against the advice of his mentor, Phillippe Pinel

Gallaudet opens what is now the American School of the Deaf

Sep 17, 1817

Samuel Howe opens Perkins School for the Blind

Sep 17, 1832

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Edouard Seguin immigrates to the US

Sep 17, 1848

Effective national parent organizations rise

Sep 17, 1950

Systematic efforts of deinstitutionalization began (approx. date)

Sep 17, 1960

First Special Olympics takes place

Jul 19, 1968

Education for All Handicapped Children Act (to become IDEA) passed

Sep 17, 1975

Hudson v. Rawley

Sep 17, 1982

Appropriate education doesn't mean education that will produce maximum possible achievement

Americans with Disabilites Act passed

Sep 17, 1990

NCLB passed

Sep 17, 2002

IDEA 2004 Passed

Sep 17, 2004