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Separate is not equal.
Brown vs Board of Education was significant in ending racial segregation but was also influential in ending segregation based on disabilities as well. -
Around 1968 students with disabilities began to be mainstreamed into the general education classrooms. However, they were just seen as "visiting" and not really learning.
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A section of the Rehabilitation Act.
A civil rights law that protects those students who do not qualify for services but still have a disability. -
A push was made to have students with disabilities merge into the general education classroom.
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Students with mild disabilities should be educated in the general education classroom most of the day. Controversy still continues regarding full inclusion.
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The most important law for school aged children with disabilities. It has 6 major components (due process, equal protection, zero rejection, free and appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, nondiscriminatory assessment). The IDEA is an extension/replacement of the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975. It covers children from birth-age 21 (or high school graduation).
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All students must be held to the same high standards. Students with mild disabilities must pass the same state assessments as students without disabilities.
