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The Connecticut asylum for the Education and Instruction of deaf and dumb persons opened in Hartford. -
The Perkins Institution for the blind opened up by Samuel Gridley Howe. -
The Braille code is published. Braille is used for people with a sight impairment to be able to read and write. -
Howe established an experimental school for feebleminded youth. -
Segregated classes in schools are established to be alternatives for kids with disabilities. -
The council that is formed to help kids with exceptionalities is founded. -
The Supreme Court hands down their decision for Brown vs. BOE. This is when the Supreme Court gave their unanimous decision that segregation in the classroom is a violation of the 14th amendment and should not take place. -
Samuel A. Kirk introduced the term learning disabilities. He referred to it as children with normal intellectual ability, but afflicted by a covert, brain-based disability that affected their learning. -
George H.W. Bush signs and puts into law the ADA Act ( The American with Disabilities Act. This helps people with disabilities in society to be able to live as normal as a life they can and can get around without a list of worries or unaccessible places. -
President Obama signs Rosa's Law, which changes the federal language usage from mental retardation to intellectual disability.