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Council for Exceptional Students
The Council for Exceptional Students was founded by Elizabeth Ferrel in 1922. This professional organization is the largest of its kind, it is dedicated to improving educational experiences for students with gifts, talents and disabilities. They offer a membership where you can connect and collaborate with other professionals and grow with professional development. -
Anderson School Founded for Autistic Students
The Anderson School was founded for a student with the primary diagnosis of Autism. Currently the school serves over 200 adults and children with Autism. The the school provides emotional, educational and social support for these students.
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Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools based on their race was unconstitutional. This push to end the legalized racial segregation in the schools in the United States. This overruled the “separate but equal” principal that was in place in the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson case. -
PARC vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was sued by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC). The lawsuit was over a law that gave public schools the authority to deny free education to a child who had reached the age of eight, but had not reached a mental age of five. The Lord ruled that it was unconstitutional to deny services to a special needs child. PARC was the first right to education lawsuit in the country it’s. PARC was the first right to education lawsuit in the cut country. -
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act 94–142 was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required that all public schools that except federal funding, need to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental disabilities. All public schools need to evaluate children with disabilities and they must create an educational plan with the parent,experiences need to emulate those of non disabled children with ensuring inclusion. -
National Center for Learning Disabilities
The NCLD works to ensure that the nations 15 million children, adults and adolescents with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in life, work and in school. The NCLD Improve the lives of one and five children and adults nationwide with learning and attention issues. By empowering young adults and parents by advocating for opportunities, equal rights and transforming schools. -
Learning Disabilities foundation of America
The LDFA Is a charity that is public, it’s devoted to providing awareness for adults and children with disabilities. LDFA also provides funding for research and education. This tax exempt charity was founded by the Learning Disabilities Association. -
The Handicapped Children Protection Act
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) makes sure that the regulations are implemented for free, appropriate public education for all children who are handicapped. The act also provides procedural safeguards for parents of children who are handicap, when special educational decisions are made by the schools. These safeguards ensure that all the rights of the handicapped child are protected. -
Americans with disabilities act
The ADA was signed into law on July 26 1990 by President George H.W. Busch. This is a comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation, that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities will have the same opportunities as everyone else in main stream America. The ADA is an equal opportunity law for people with disabilities.
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No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind Act is in place to make sure all children have an opportunity to obtain a high quality education. This is ensured through Using assessments, training and preparing teachers and with rigorous curriculum and proper instructional material.The thought behind this act is the gap between low performing schools in high-performing schools is less prominent. If this is successful then there will be no Child left behind and no school identified as needing improvement.
