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Connecticut Asylym for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens in Hartford, CT
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Gallaudet
1st American residential school for students who were deaf -
Perkins Institution for the Blind by Samuel Gridley Howe
First residential school for students who were blind -
Braille code is first published.
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Howe establishes experimental school for feebleminded youth.
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American Prinitng House for the Blind is established.
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National Deaf Mute College
established, later to be renamed Gallaudet University -
Formal training for teachers of blind persons begins at Columbia University
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Alexander Graham Bell introduces the term "special education."
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College-level training for teachers of students with intellectual disabilities.
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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon publish their intelligence test.
The basis for modern IQ testing. -
segregated classes in the public schools are established as viable alternatives to instructing children with disabilities.
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The term emotional disturbancecomes into use.
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The term mentally retarded comes into use.
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The term gifted appears in the professional literature.
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Council for Exceptional Children founded by Ferrell and other teachers.
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Leo Kanner identifies the characteristics of children with autism.
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Dr. Hans Asperger identified children with characteristics that later would come to be called Asperger syndrome.
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Willowbrook State School in New York opened as a facility for children with inellectual disabilities.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Allowed for parents of students with disabilities to contend their students were not receiving adequate education -
Samuel A. Kirk introduces the term learning disabilities.
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B.Blatt and F. Kaplan publish Christmas in Purgatory
The book led to changes in law and policy with widespread publicity. -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act, PL 94-142
The original Act and its amendments ensure that all children and youths with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate, public education -
Under the Reauthorization of IDEA services were extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
The original Act and its amendments ensure that all children and youths with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate, public education. -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Ensures the right to nondiscriminatory treatment in other aspects of life; a civil rights law. -
IDEA is amended.
Added provisions related to transition services, participation by general education teachers, and discipline. -
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
“Standards-based” reform, – all students test scores count (accountability) -
Reauthorization of IDEA 2004
Raises standards for quality instruction for students with disabilities , elaborates on parent involvement and discipline, and defines highly qualified for special education teachers -
President Obama signs Rosa's Law
The law changes federal language from mental retardation to intellectual disability.
