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Columbia Institution
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind was the first college established to allow students with disabilities to attend. It was allowed to grant college degrees by the US Congress. It was signed the bill into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
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Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The ESEA supported many initiatives that help low-income families access high-quality educations programs. Although it did not make it law to educate students with disabilities, it gave grants to help educate these students with disabilities.
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Mills v Board of Education of District of Columbia
This court cast ruled in favor of the children declaring that excluding the disabled children violated their right to a free public education.The court claimed that the board of education provide education for all students, whether or not they had a disability. They still had to be taught. -
Independent Living Center
The Independent Living Center was founded by disability activists Ed Roberts. At this center, individuals with disabilities can live and be free independently from the nursing homes. They are offered peer support, role modeling and are run and controlled by people with disabilities. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act
The Vocational Rehabilitation prohibits discrimination against students or individuals with disabilities in federally funded programs. Individuals with disabilities can get help reaching their employment goals. They are able to prepare for, keep, or regain their work. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Education for All Handicapped Children also known as the Mainstreaming Law, requires states to provide a free and appropriate public education for children with disabilities between ages 5 to 18. They require individualized education programs and first defined least restrictive environment. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Americans with Disabilities prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector. Protection of equal opportunity to employment and public services, accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA added autism and traumatic brain injury as two new categories of new disabilities. Students with disabilities are required that an individualized transition plan be developed by the time they reach the age of 16. This special education services to include social work, assistive technology, and rehabilitation services. -
No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind was a law made for K-12 general education in the United States. This law held schools accountable for how students learned and achieved. It was controversial in part of penalizing schools that did not show improvement. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
IDEIA was established to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education. It focus on special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs to prepare them for their further education.
