Reflection on Intellectual Disability

By nanyaegbunam

  • Institutionalization of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

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    Stigmatization of Intellectual Disability

    In the 1800s People with Intellectual Disability were stigmatized and seen as idiotic and feeble-minded.

  • Sterilization of Individuals with Intellectual Disability

    Courts passed laws authorizing the involuntary sterilization of people with intellectual disabilities.

  • The first mental home was created.

    The Massachusetts School For Idiotic Children was founded.

  • States Refusing to Educate Children with Intellectual Disabilities

    Despite the Compulsory Education Laws, states refused to educate children with intellectual disabilities.
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    Compulsory Education Laws

    Congress passed a law that all school-age children between 6 and 18 must attend school.
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    Denial of education to children with intellectual disability

    In spite of the compulsory education laws, children with intellectual disability were denied education.
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    The Great Depression, Industrial Revolution & The Civil War

    Characterized by massive immigration, cheap labor, and class system which further marginalized people with intellectual disability.
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    Rise of Parent Advocacy Groups

    Parents began to fight against the segregation and institutionalization of their children.
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    Landmark Cases Make a Change

    Brown v Board of Education and PARC v Mills act as catalysts for a change in segregation of children with intellectual disability.
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    Federal Government Steps In

    The passage of several laws such as The Education of All Handicapped Children Act, IDEA, and NCLB