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Asylum
In the first part of the 1700s, people with disabilities were given protection from the world at large. -
procedures for teaching children with sensory impairment
Procedures for teaching blind and deaf children are developed after the American and French Revolutions in the late 1700s. -
Beginning of Special Education
Jean-Marc Itard (1774-1838) trail-blazed for special education with patience and systematic educating. He was a doctor specializing in ear diseases, deafness, and educating the deaf. -
American School for the Deaf (known as today)
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) learned about educating deaf and, then, opens school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. -
Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts
Samuel Gridley Howe opens a school to teach blind students reading, writing, math, and enrichment. -
Experimental school for intellectually disabled
Samuel Gridley Howe was involved in the opening of the school. -
Intellectual disabilities / behavioral disorders addressed
Early 1900s, effort made to educate children with intellectual disabilities, and emotional/behavioral disorders. -
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) founded
Elizabeth Farrell had already helped to develop special education as a profession when she and others formed the CEC. -
Parent organizations
Effective national parent groups form. -
deinstitutionalization movement
Trend for people with disabilities to live closer to home and in more home-like situations instead of in institutions has effect. -
Special Olympics started
Eunice Kennedy Shriver establishes Special Olympics. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
In 1990, this becomes IDEA. -
Hudson vs. Rawley
Case decided a sign language interpreter was not necessary to achieve appropriate education for Amy Rowley. -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADA ensures rights of individuals with disabilities. -
inclusion movement
"Exceptional children should be placed where such instruction (intensive instruction to meet needs of exceptional learners) is most likely to be provided, even if that place is somewhere other than the general education classroom." (Exceptional Learners, p.12) -
No Child Left Behind Act
NCLB was meant to improve education for all children including those with disabilities. -
Individuals with Disabilities Educaiton Improvement Act
This is the re-authorization of IDEA.