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American School for the Deaf
In Hartford, Connecticut the American School for the Deaf and was founded. It was founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc and was the first school for children with disabilities in the Western hemisphere. The school was originally named the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb Persons. -
Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind
Established 1856.February 16,1857 incorporation of the school was achieved.With this an allowance of $150 a year for maintenance & tuition for each child in the institution from the district was granted.1864,the U.S congress authorized the school to confer college degrees.This was the 1st college established for people with disabilities it's now the Galladet University.Link Text -
Brown vs. Board
There was a very famous case called Brown vs. Board of Education. Basically, this was a major case where the U.S Supreme Court ruled that school segregation by race was not constitutional. This was the 1st time federal government had stood up for students who had dealt with inequality and prejudice at school. [link text}(https://youtu.be/TTGHLdr-iak) -
Department of Public Welfare vs. Haas
A case named Department of Public Welfare vs. Haas was not a positive case for disabilities. The supreme court of Illinois maintained that the state’s compulsory education law did not require a, “free public education for the ‘feeble minded’ or to children who were ‘mentally deficient’ and who, because of their limited intelligence were unable to reap the benefits of a good education.” -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This act initiated the role of the federal government in protecting and providing for students from varying disadvantaged backgrounds. They would be afforded equal access to the public education system. One of the main provisions would be the free and lunch reduced lunch system. This would help children who at home maybe are not getting the basic needs that were needed. There was also grant programs that would help states be able to create and improve programs for students with disabilities. -
Education of the Handicapped
The grant program under ESEA was revised as Education of the Handicapped. This would provide support for state run programs for individuals with disabilities. There were no guidelines that were given for the programs on how to develop these programs or run them. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC) vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
This case would challenge the constitutionality of excluding individuals with mental retardation from public education. The state was banned from denying allowing any child with mental retardation access to public school and or training. -
Public law 94-142
Schools would be required to allow children regardless of their disability and receive free and appropriate public education. This is the first law to define the situation of lease restrictive in an education setting thus, be known as a mainstreaming law. chrome-extension://bdfcnmeidppjeaggnmidamkiddifkdib/viewer.html?file=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-89/pdf/STATUTE-89-Pg773.pdf -
Board of Education of Hendrick Central School District vs. Rowley
This case clarified the definition of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). A young deaf student named Amy Rowley used hearing assistive technology and was doing well in school. It was questioned whether she would benefit more from an interpreter in the classroom. The court ruled that P.L. 94-142 requires the states to provide sufficient, but not the best possible, support for students to benefit from a public education; at a level typical of that of nondisabled peers. -
IDEA
The public law 94-142, which originally became the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This now would be changed to and expanded as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (IDEA) This is a key act in the rights for disabled persons. -
IDEIA
IDEA is amended and now called Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. (IDEIA). In 2006 regulations within this act would be published specifically in reference for school age youngsters. In 2011 more regulations would be published for babies and toddlers.
