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Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
CEC is a national non-profit organization that was established in 1922. The organization strives to improve educational outcomes for individuals with disabilities, gifts, and talents. The name used to be called International Council for the Education of Exceptional Children, but they then changed it to Council for the Education of Exceptional Children in 1958. The council helped pass the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The court in Topeka ruled this act saying that racial segregation in schools are unconstitutional. The start of improving schools of segregation started in 1952. The Brown vs. Board of Education laid the foundation for the 1995 federal law Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
ESEA authorizes services for all children, including children with disabilities. The purposes of the act was to provide additional resources to students. The act eventually led to the No Child Left Behind Act by amending it. -
Mills vs. Board of Education Act
This act was one of two important federal court rulings that helped lay a foundation for the Rehabilitation Act. and the EAHCA. Mills was a class action suit that was brought on behalf of seven children and other similarly situated students who resided in the District of Columbia. The court ordered that the children received their right to equal protection under the law. -
Rehabilitation Act
If a person has a severe disability but, with rehabilitation, is able to maintain employment, the person is entitled two type of vocational rehabilitation services. A person of 16 may receive different types of job services. The second is a person with severe disabilities may enroll in a supported employment program. This act led to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA)
The EAHCA took into place because of the Rehabilitation Act, and decided to put it into effect for students with disabilities. This act insures that all handicapped children have available to them special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs. There were many revisions of this act to improve the school systems in teaching the disabled. -
Tech Act
This act grants federal funds to provide for in technology devices and services to people and students with disabilities. Technology improves the quality of life for those with disabilities. This act led to ADA. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA extends civil rights/nondiscrimination protection to people with disabilities in the following sectors of American life: private-sector employment, transportation, state and local government activities and programs, privately operated businesses that are open to the public (“public accommodations”), and telecommunications. This act is allowing people with disabilities to live on like a person with out disabilities. This act was established after the tech act in 1990. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
All school-age children, including children with disabilities entitled to Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment and independent living. Families are entitled to services for their child. -
No Child Left Behinds Act (NCLBA)
After ESEA was established congress decided to amend the NCLBA. It authorizes children for all services, including children with disabilities. ESEA seeks to improve educational outcomes for all students—those with and those without disabilities. -
References
Antosh, A. A., & Imparato, A. (2019, March 29). The Meaning of Brown for Children with Disabilities: ACS. Retrieved from https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/the-meaning-of-brown-for-children-with-disabilities/.
Brenchley, C., & Brenchley, C. (2015, April 8). What is ESEA? Retrieved October 25, 2019, from https://blog.ed.gov/2015/04/what-is-esea/
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (n.d.). Retrieved October 25, 2019, from https://www.apa.org/advocacy/education/idea/. -
References
Mead, J. F. (n.d.). Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia. Retrieved October 26, 2019, from https://usedulaw.com/438-mills-v-board-of-education-of-the-district-of-columbia.html.
Turnbull, A. P. (2016). Exceptional lives: Special education in today's schools. Pg. 26-28.
S. 6 (94th): Education For All Handicapped Children Act. (n.d.). Retrieved October 25, 2019, from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/94/s6/summary#libraryofcongress. -
References
What is the Council for Exceptional Children? (n.d.). Retrieved October 25, 2019, from https://www.masters-in-special-education.com/faq/what-is-the-council-for-exceptional-children/.