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Perkins Institution for the Blind
It is the oldest school for the blind in the United States. Nowadays Perkins has expanded its mission online to include resources for families with blind and visually impaired children. -
Atlanta Speech School
School where children who are deaf or hard of hearing could learn to speak and read. The school was started in 1938 by Katherine Hamm, whose son Benjamin had hearing loss to help other children who were deaf or hard of hearing or who had speech disorders learn to speak. -
Browns vs. Board of Education
It was the first time that federal government had advocated for students who experienced inequality and prejudice at school. It set the path for future legislation for individuals with disabilities. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
This Act was signed by the President Lyndon B. Johnson. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds would have equal access to the public education school system. Also, it offered free and reduced lunch system and grant program creating programs for students with disabilities.
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Mills vs. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
The Court ruled that students with disabilities must be given a public education even if the students are unable to pay for the cost of education. All children are entitled to free public education and training appropriate to their learning capacities. As result, it extended the right to special education to children of all disabilities. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act
It put in place to correct the problem of discrimination against people with disabilities in the United States. This Act provided vocational counseling, training assistance and job placement for individuals with severe disabilities. -
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act
This Act required free and appropriate education for students with disabilities. In addition, it required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities. Public schools were required to evaluated children with disabilities and create an educational plan -
Honing vs. Doe
Ruled that school could not expel children for behaviors related to their disability. It relates to the rights of children to a free education in the United States, in particular to students with disabilities.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=video&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjGgtykg6zkAhULKawKHbhMBHQQtwIIKjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstudy.com%2Facademy%2Flesson%2Fhonig-v-doe-summary-significance.html&usg=AOvVaw1UogjjoGRXRoM5ARl0GWqj -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Federal Law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. This act expanded especial education services. It added autism and traumatic brain injury categories. -
No Child Left Behind Act
It was a U.S. Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with includes provisions applying to disadvantaged students. It increases accountability and flexibility in use of federal funds, offers school choice options, implements early reading interventions.
