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The National Association for Gifted Children started in 1954. Now it has affiliates in most states.
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forerunner to Learning Disabilities Association of America is organized.
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Landmark registration ensures, among other provisions, a free appropriate public education for all children with disabilities. Including one free meal a day.
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PL99-457
Mandate a special education for preschoolers with disabilities and incentives for providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers. -
PL 101-336
Prohibits discrimination on all public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. This law gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion. -
(PL 101-476)
Know as IDEA, is passed among other provisions, emphasizes transition planning for adolescents with Disabilities. -
(PL 107-110)
Education reform effort focusing on academic achievement of students and qualifications of teachers. -
(PL 108-446)
aligns IDEA legislation with provisions of No Child Left Behind, modifies the individualized education program process in addition to changes affecting school discipline, due process, and evaluation of students with disabilities. -
(PL 110-325)
expand statutory interpretation of a disability while affording individuals with disabilities greater protections. -
removes the terms "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded" from federal health, education, and labor statues. Preferred language is now "intellectual disability" and "individual with an intellectual disability".
