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Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
Samuel A. Kirk uses "learning disabilities at a conference in Chicago, the term stuck and later the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, now known as the Learning Disabilities Association of America was created. -
The Education of the Handicapped Act
This act encouraged states to create education programs for students with disabilities. -
PARC
In Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children vs Pennsylvania the federal court ruled that students with disabilities also qualify for free public education. -
Congressional Investigation
Congress launched an investigation and discovered millions of students were not receiving the appropriate education. -
Rehabilitation Act section 504
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act guaranties people with disabilities civil rights. This law gave students accommodations in schools and funded institutes. -
Public Law 94-142
This law gave students with disabilities the right to education. -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
This was the creation of IDEA and a modification of Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (Masters in Special Education Degree Program Guide, 2018) -
No Child Left Behind Act
This Act held schools accountable for student achievements.
Signed into law by George W. Bush the President at that time (January 8, 2002). -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
"The reauthorized statute is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 and is known as IDEA 2004." (Wright, 2010) -
AAIDD
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities joins the trend of using intellectual disability rather than using mental retardation.