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First Deaf School-Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet created the first special education school, the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons. The School's success brought the attention of President James Monroe and subsequent government funding for large lands and a big facility for the growing institution. Gallaudet's work was instrumental because it allowed society to understand that those who are deaf could be educated. -
Council For Exceptional Children
In 1922 the Council for Exceptional Children was established. The Council for Exceptional Children was innovating in educating all individuals with disabilities. Students attending Teacher College at Columbia University organized a meeting to educate people on special education and to exchange ideas on how to assist these individuals. CEC reorganized the crucial role of standards in defining and promoting special education as a profession. The CEC promotes inclusion, and social connections. -
Brown V Board of Education
The Supreme Court issued a landmark on civil rights, stating it is unlawful to discriminate against a group of people. The court determined that quality and equal education opportunities should be available. Parents claimed that children with disabilities were being segregated and discriminated against their school district. -
Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA)
Congress enacted the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965 emphasizing equal access to education. The act addressed the inequality of education opportunities for underprivileged children. This landmark legislation provided resources to help ensure that disadvantaged students had access to quality education. -
Special Training
In 1968 the federal government supported the training over 30,000 special education teachers and other services for students with special needs. That same year films with captions were produced. There were over three million individuals that were deaf that were able to view and fully understand what was going on in the movie. Also, in 1968 this opened up children with disabilities in preschool, middle school, and high school across the nation. -
Rehabilitation Act
The Rehabilitation Act (https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/rehabilitation-act-1973) guaranteed civil rights to all disabled people and required accommodations for disabled students in schools. This act opened doors for qualified individuals with disabilities to enter the federal contractor workforce. The RA served as a model for the American with disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, which prohibits employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector. -
The Education for all Handicapped Act PL-94-142
The Education for all Handicapped Act of 1975 intended that all children with disabilities would "have a right education". A process established by which state and local education agencies may be held accountable for providing educational services for all handicapped children. Congress included an elaborate system of legal checks and balances called " procedural safeguards" that are designed to protect the rights of children and their parents. -
MIUSA- Mobility International
Mobility International of USA was co-founded by Susan Sygall and Barbara Williams, which is a disability-led non-profit organization headquartered in Eugene, Oregon USA. Their mission is to empower people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development. To ensure an accessible, & inclusive community in which the human rights, citizenship, contribution & potential of people with disabilities is respected & celebrated. -
IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (https://youtu.be/cNFzitdI768?si=vkhHvOVv6LVPmybb) emphasized the use of individual education plans or IEPs for all transition plans, or ITPs to best prepare students for success in their adult lives. The onset of IDEA brought about a widespread focus on providing the best-researched, the most effective methods for special education teaching. IDEA makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities. -
NCLB-No Child Left Behind
The purpose of No Child Left Behind is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain high-quality education. NCLB was the main law for K-12 general education in the US from 2002-2015. The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved.