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Experimental school for feeble minded youth is established by Howe
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College training for teachers of students with intellectual disabilities begins
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Council for Exceptional Children is established
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Leo Kanner identifies the characteristics of children with autism
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Dr. Hans Asperger identifies children with characteristics that would later be known as Aspergers Syndrome
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U.S. Supreme courts hands down decision in Brown v. Board of Education
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Samuel A. Kirk introduces term learning disabilities
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B. Flatt & F. Kaplan publish Christmas in Purgatory - exposing life in institutions for those with intellectual disabilities
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Congress provides funding for Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
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Public Law 94-142
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Americans with Disabilities Act is enacted
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EAHCA is amended and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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No Child Left Behind Act - requiring students be taught by highly qualified teachers and increased accountability for all students
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Reauthorization of IDEA raises standards for quality instruction for students with disabilities
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Rosa's Law - signed by President Obama changed the federal language usage from mental retardation to intellectual disability