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Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act of 1963
“Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963”, Public Law 88-164, 77 STAT 282, “to provide assistance in combating mental retardation through grants for construction of research centers and grants for facilities for the mentally retarded and assistance in improving mental health through grants for construction of community mental health centers, and for other purposes.” (General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006, Record group 11) -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
“The plaintiffs argued that students with mental retardation were not receiving publicly supported education because the state was delaying or ignoring its constitutional obligations to provide a publicly supported education for these students, thus violating state statutes and the students' rights under the Equal Protection of the Laws clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” (Yell, M. L, Rogers, D., par 27) -
Mills v. District of Columbia Board of Education
“Mills v. Board of Education, seven children between the ages of 8 and 16 with a variety of mental and behavioral disabilities brought suit against the District of Columbia public schools, which had refused to enroll some students and expelled others, solely on the basis of their disability.” (Elwin W. Martin, 1996 para. 3)
