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The "Father of Special Education" attempts to educate "Victor" utilizing modern day "behavior modification" techniques.
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The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and INstruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, the first residential school in the United States, opens with the Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet as principal.
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Pioneer in sensorimotor exercises designed to remediate specific disabilities.
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The first Seeing Eye Dogs for the blind are introduced in America.
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The Braille code was published by Louis Braille.
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Samuel Girdley Howe establishes the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble Minded Children.
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The conditions of American asylums and prisons are brought to the forefront of reform discussion by Dorthea Lynde Dix.
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Advocates for educating children with disabilities in public schools.
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National Education Association established a section for teachers of children with disabilities.
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Lewis Terman while at Stanford University publishes and revises Alfred Binet's standard IQ test.
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The Teachers College at Columbia University begins a training program for educators of gifted students.
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The organization is founded in New York City and would later become the Council for Exceptional Children.
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United Cerebral Palsy Association is founded by Leonard Goldenson
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ARC is founded and would later be known as the Association for Retarded Citizens.
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Ann Isaacs founds this organization to support gifted and talented children and their parents.
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Eliminated educational segregation and set the foundation for equal education for students with disabilities.
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Public Law 87-715 authorizes Captioned Films for the Deaf to begin acquiring and captioning educational films.
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Beginning with parental advocacy conference in 1963 in Chicago, this organization was incorporated in 1964.
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President Johnson signs the act in which schools began receiving federal monies for public education.
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Designated funding specifically for students with disabilities.
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In 1970 U.S. Schools were educating only one in five children with disabilities.
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Guaranteed a free public education for individuals aged 6 to 21 despite the severity of impairments or disabilities.
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The first public law designed to prevent discrimination of children and adults because of their disabilities.
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President Gerald Ford signed this bill ensuring a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children.
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Litigation failure on behalf of special education where "appropriate education" did not include providing a sign language interpreter.
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Amendments to IDEA included services for preschoolers aged 3 to 5, early intervention services for infants and toddlers birth through 2, and established an Individualized Family Service Plan.
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Litigation upheld a segregated classroom for a student with Down syndrome affecting "least restrictive environment."
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Prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 101-476) passes and emphasizes transition planning for adolescents with disabilities.
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A win for Special Education that required supplementary aids and services must be offered before segregation placement.
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Legislation signed by President Bill Clinton that required students with disabilities to participate in state and district assessments, transition planning beginning at age 14, and requiring general educators to participate on IEP teams.
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Litigation that stated continuous medical services are considered related services.
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President George W. Bush signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act required proficiency in mathematics, reading, and science.
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Reauthorized IDEA and eliminated short-term objectives in IEPs, permitted multi-year IEPs, and modified provisions for English Language Learners.
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Law overturned two Supreme Court decisions that limited the meaning of the term "disability" by providing two non-inclusive lists of "major life activities" and "major bodily functions."
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Parents of a boy with autism compelled the public school district to pay for private education claiming the district's their "IEP was inadequate." Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion in the 8-0 ruling that increased rigor and standards for all students, including those with disabilities.
