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-he funded research on disabilities -
-education was black and white
-worst behavior was gum under deck -
-ending Jim Craw Laws
-outlawed racial segregation in schools -
-beginning of special ed
-medicare & medicaid bill provided healthcare for people with disabilities -
-grants for inclusion
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-additional funding
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-exposed the inhumane living conditions -
-guaranteed all students rights to public supported education -
-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 the education
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-Public Law 94-142
-it requires public schools to provide appropriate educational services for all children with disabilities between ages 3 and 21 -
-The Education of the Handicapped Act got renamed -
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-the first sighting of a learning disability -
-I met my forever friend
-learned a lot of real-world skills -
-the law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved -
-got an IEP
-got funding to go to a very nice special ed school -
-instead of taking Spanish I took ASL 1 & 2
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-went to a special ed high school
-learned a lot of strategies to overcome and learn how to manage my disability -
-got two AA at SRJC -
-got a BA in Art Education -
-applied and working towards getting a single subject credential