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First Official School of Special Education
Founded in 1817, ASD is the nation’s first special education school and the leader in providing comprehensive education programs and services for deaf and hard-of-hearing people from birth through adulthood. https://www.asd-1817.org -
More Independent Private Schools
In the 1850's more special education private schools were opened through demand & funding by parents & those involved in the lives of a special student. -
Eugenics
Sir Francis Galton (1822–1911) publishes “Inquiries into human faculty and its development” (1883). The Book introduces Eugenics as a late nineteenth century ideology that coincides with so-called "Progressives" of the time. -
The First Law Allowing Involuntary Institutionalization
The State of Indiana passed the first law to allow involuntary institutionalization referred to at the time as "sterilization" (Laws of Indiana, 1907, ch. 215, pp. 377-78). https://www.in.gov/history/markers/3277.htm -
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) was created
This council helped parents and guardians place their children of special education into regular schools even though it was often separated from the regular children. -
Brown Vs. Education
in 1954, the supreme court issued 347 U.S. 483 which banned segregated schools. This encouraged parents of children with disabilities to bring lawsuits against their school districts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iak -
Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance
Made for pre-school children to develop methods and programs that would assist them in their learning. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED029406.pdf -
Compulsory Education Laws
The Illinois Supreme Court decided that compulsory education laws did not apply to children with mental impairments. https://www.wrightslaw.com/bks/lawbk/ch3.history.pdf -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now called IDEA)
Public Law 94-142 was enacted into law which held all local and state educational agencies to be held accountable for providing educational services to all handicapped children. -
Every Student Succeeds Act
The law continued the No Child Left Behind Act by altering it, specifically the responsibility being shifted mostly the states rather than the federal government as it was with the No Child Left Behind Act.
