Special Education History Timeline

By jgarc490

  • American School for the Deaf

    American School for the Deaf
    This was the first school for children with disabilities and was founded in Hartford, Conneticut.

  • Perkins institute for the Blind

    Perkins institute for the Blind
    This was the first school for individuals with mental disabilities opened in Watertown, Massachusetts. This school operated as a boarding school, anyone who attended had to live on the campus. This is also the school that Helen Keller attended.

  • Compulsory Education

    Compulsory Education
    Rhode Island was the first state to have compulsory education. Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxdl-rw-Y2o

  • Gallaudet University

    Gallaudet University
    What used to be known as the The Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind was the first college in the world for individuals with disabilities and the US Congress allowed to issue college degrees.

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"

  • ARC Founded

    ARC Founded
    To provide resources and advocacy of children who were diagnosed with mental retardation and provides opportunities to support the children and their families to live normal lives with support. https://arcqca.org/about-us/history-of-the-arc/

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Brown vs Board of Education
    This landmark court case overturned Plessy vs Ferguson case stating "Separate is not Equal". This case informed the public for the need for special education programs.

  • First Accessibility Standard Published

    First Accessibility Standard Published
    The Americans Standards Association ( ANSI) published its first accessibility title "Making Buildings Accessible to an Usable by the Physically Handicapped." by 1973 49 states adapted accessibility.

  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation ACT of 1973

    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation ACT of 1973
    Makes it illegal for federal agencies, public universities and other public businesses that receives any federal funds to discriminate on the basis of disability.

  • IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
    Was developed to guarantee that all received a free and appropriate, public education for all children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment possible.