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Students with disabilities no longer segregated from students without disabilities
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Students with disabilities mainstreamed with students without disabilities
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Individuals with Disabilities Act was passed. Established the 13 disability categories. Introduced process of mainstreaming.
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Ruled that all special education students should not only be given free appropriate public education, but also appropriate services.
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Inclusion movement began in the mid 1980s.
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Reauthorization of IDEA services were extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3.
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NCLB required students with mild disabilities to be instructed using the state standards and tested with all state assessments.
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Allowed for more students to be educated with non-disabled peers.
Allowed more students with disabilities to be employed, and attend college.
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