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Brown V. Board of Education
A landmark case that helped set up future legislation to help protect persons with disabilities and ensure equal opportunities for education.
This was the first time the federal government had advocated for students who experienced inequality and prejudice at school, and it set the path for future legislation for individuals with disabilities. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Supports many initiatives that help low-income access high-quality education programs. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Includes provisions for free and reduces lunches and additional teachers in disadvantaged communities. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Applies to children who need additional support to benefit from public school education programs.(Vaughn et al., 2017) -
Special Olympics
It's a Global Organization.
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide sports training/athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children/adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other skills and friendship with their families, and the community.
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Vocational Rehabilitation Act
Defines handicapped person. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Defines appropriate education. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities in federally funded program. (Vaughn et al., 2017) -
Education Amendment Act
Grants federal funds to states for programming for exceptional learners. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Provide the first federal funding of state programs for students who are gifted and talented. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Grants students and families the right of due process in special education placement. (Vaughn et al., 2017) -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Known as the mainstreaming law. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Requires states to provide a free and appropriate public education for children with disabilities (ages 5-18). (Vaughn et al., 2017) Requires individualized education programs (IEP). (Vaughn et al., 2017) First defined least restrictive environment. (Vaughn et al., 2017) -
Education of the Handicapped Act Amendment
Requires states to extend free and appropriate education to children with disabilities (ages 3-5). (Vaughn et al., 2017) Establishes early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities (ages birth – 2). (Vaughn et al., 2017) -
Honig V. Doe
Benefited individuals with emotional and/or behavior disorders who have academic and social problems. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Ruled that schools could not expel children for behaviors related to their disability. (Vaughn et al., 2017) -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Protects equal opportunity to employment and public services, accommodations, transportation and telecommunications. (Vaughn et al., 2017) Defines disability to include people with AIDS. (Vaughn et al., 2017) -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
Allows districts to use a response-to- intervention (RTI) model for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability and no longer requires that a child have a severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual ability to qualify.(Vaughn et al., 2017) Adopts policies designed to prevent the disproportionate representation of students in special education by race and ethnicity. (Vaughn et al., 2017)
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