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The American School for the Deaf
3 This was the first school for children with disabilities opened in Hartford, Connecticut and still runs today as a nationally renowned leader in providing comprehensive educational programs and services for deaf and hard-of-hearing students from infancy into adulthood and provides support for their families. ASD offers school for students from ages 3-21, online and international programs, health, physical education, athletics, and transition services. ASD website -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act
This act defined handicapped person and appropriate education. It prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities in federally funded programs. This act helped provide vocational rehabilitation services, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance for individuals with disabilities. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
4 This act was created because the special educational needs of handicapped children were not being fully met. It requires free and appropriate education for students with disabilities between ages 5 and 18 and the use of Individual Education Programs (IEP’s). It is also known as the mainstreaming law and provides the definition of the least restrictive environment. -
NCL Opens
The National Center for Learning Disability first opens to serve children with disabilities and their families by providing inclusive experiences. NCL offers a variety of scholarships to students that qualify as having a learning disability so that they can further their education at a college, vocational center, or technical training program. NCL provides resources for young adults with disabilities, their parents and caregivers, and teachers. -
Education of the Handicapped Act Amendment
This act amends the Education of the Handicapped Act by extending free and appropriate education to children with disabilities between ages 3 to 5. It also establishes early intervention for infants/ toddlers with disabilities from birth to age 2. This act redefined “handicapped children” to include language impaired children. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This act is public law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector. It protects people with disabilities and protects equal employment opportunities and access to public services such as transportation, accommodations, and telecommunications. The ADA also includes people with AIDS as having a disability. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
2 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) states that students with disabilities are to receive a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment for children with disabilities ages three through 21. The act has four parts and includes servicing infants through toddlers and their parents as well as provide technical training and technical assistance. -
The Assistive Technology Act
The Assistive Technology Act was instated in 1998 and reauthorized in 2004. It provides assistive technology to persons with disabilities so they can more fully participate in education, employment and daily activities on level playing fields with other people in their communities. Through this act, states are to provide financing for purchasing or leasing of equipment, training, and repairs. -
No Child Left Behind Act
In effect from 2002-2015 and applied to all K-12 classrooms in the United States. Implemented early reading interventions and made schools accountable for how children learned and achieved. Offered more flexibility in school choice and use of federal funding. This law required states to employ teachers who were highly qualified through a bachelor’s degree or certification. It also worked to close the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their peers without. -
L.H. v. Hamilton County Department of Education
4 Parents sued under IDEA and the Sixth Circuit affirmed in the parents favor that the student placement by the school violated IDEA. The school did not properly place the student in the least restrictive environment in accordance with his IEP and FAPE. Below is a link to the summary of the court case. L.H. v. Hamilton County Department of Education