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Margaret Bancroft
Margaret Bancroft opened the first private boarding school in Haddonfield, New Jersey, for children with developmental delays. -
Evelyn Deno
Evelyn Deno played a role in the passage of the Special Instruction for Handicapped Children of School Age Law, which helped with the passage of the Federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975). -
P.A.R.C.
Lawsuit filed to fight law that allowed schools to exclude children who had not reached a “mental age of five years” by the time they should be enrolling in first grade. -
Mills vs. Board of Education
Expanded on the P.A.R.C. case. Filed because placement in a public educational program was denied because of alleged mental, behavioral, physical or emotional disabilities. -
Rehabilitation Act
The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors. -
Education for all Handicapped Children Act
Now called Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This act gave the right to a free, appropriate public education for all students, including those with severe disabilities. IDEA requires all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education to children with physical and mental disabilities. Students also have an IEP that is implemented in the “least restrictive environment” possible. -
Irving Independent School District vs. Tatro
The first case to attempt to define the distinction between “school health services” and “medical services.” -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in areas such as employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and access to state and local government' programs and services. -
Mary McEvory
Mary McEvory and colleagues develop Individual Growth and Development Indicators -
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind Act wanted to improve public, primary and secondary schools, as well as student performance. This act increased accountability for schools, school districts, and states.