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Plessy vs Fergerson
"Separate, but equal" This was an important ruling, in terms of special education students with disabilities were kept at home and away from typical peers. -
Compulsory Education Act
This law required school-aged children between 5 and 18 to attend public school. Prior to this law children with disabilities were not given the right to attend school. It was later deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. -
Brown vs Education
A precedent was demonstrated when the Supreme Court of the United States deemed it unconstitutional to have separate public schools for blacks and whites. This ruling was a step in the right direction for students with disabilities. -
Learning Disabilities
The term was coined which led parents to form Association for Children with Learning Disabilities. Learning disabilities included the ability to not read coherently, the inability to not compute math problems or simply being hyperactive. -
Free Appropriate Public Education FAPE
FAPE refers to meeting the standards of state educational agency, public expense no cost to parents, designed to meet the needs of each eligible child between the ages of 3-21 a free appropriate education. Meets the needs of students with disabilities. -
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Student information is protected by this law, this includes student id number, grades, enrollment history, student conduct, social security number. -
Education for all Handicapped
The law introduced mainstreaming and required all schools who receive federal funding to provide access to an equal education for students with disabilities. -
Best Buddies
www.bestbuddies.org
Founded by Anthony Shriver, best buddies was formed to create opportunities for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities by pairing them with individuals without disabilities. This helps foster healthy and meaningful friendships. -
No Child Left Behind NCLB
Students with special needs were given the right to have small group testing, extended time testing, braille book, computers, sign language during assessments. Big win for special education. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA
This is the reauthorization of IDEA. It is a federal law that governs special education. It supports the need to benefit from a free public education. This law includes FAPE, IEP guidelines, procedural safeguards, transition, related services, evaluation, teacher/parent input, LRE and specific time frames.
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