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American School for the Deaf
The American School for Deaf is known as the first and permanent school for the deaf in the U.S.A. This school became the first recipient of state aid to education in America. Its first annual grant was awarded by the Connecticut General Assembly.
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Perkins Institution for the Blind
The Perkins School for the Blind is the oldest school known that was founded with the intention to help blind people. Today, they have improved their way of education and they also have online programs to support the families of blind people. Also, nowadays they have a program where they include blind students in physical education. program. https://givingcommon.org/profile/1071261/perkins-school-for-the-blind/ -
The Bradley Home
The Bradley Home has become the first psychiatric hospital founded in the U.S.A that was intended to help children and adolescents. The hospital was named after the daughter of George and Helen Bradley who suffered from encephalitis and this caused her to have some neurological deficiencies. Families that went to the hospital only had to pay if they wanted to. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This case helped the judges to recognize that in the field of education, the idea of separate but equal has no place. They realized that segregated schools are absolutely unequal. As a result, the Court ruled that the plaintiffs were being deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The act provides federal funding to primary and secondary education, as well as school supplies. Also, the act emphasizes equal access to education for all students. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act (VRA)
The Vocational Rehabilitation Act (VRA) was intended to stop the problem of discrimination against people with disability in the U.S.A. This Act allows people with disability to acquire post-secondary education. This Act promotes a lot of rights, advocacy, and protections for individuals with disabilities. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act ensures that children with disabilities will get one free meal each day and will have access to an education in public schools. The schools that should provide these benefits are the ones that receive federal funds. Also, public schools are required to create an evaluation and education plan with the parents to fulfill the disable kids' necessities. -
Honig v. Doe
Honig v. Doe case ruled that schools were not allowed to expel students for behaviors related to their disabilities. The protagonist of the case was a student who had problems controlling his impulses and anger and by another student who also had emotional problems and typically reacted to stress by attacking people verbally. The court ruled that the state must provide services directly to students with disabilities when local boards fail to make them available. -
Cedar Rapids v. Garret F.
Cedar Rapids v. Garret F. was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that disability kids needed to be provisioned of some necessities. This case made the Supreme Court ruled that students with disabilities must acquire all the needed supplies to attend school. Also, the court said that the school district needed to provide disable kids with medical treatment. despite price or services. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)' the main purpose is that students with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education. Also, students with disabilities will be prepared for further education. President Bush was who signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA).
