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Development of Sign Language for Deaf Children and Adults
http://linguistics.byu.edu/classes/ling450ch/reports/sign-language.html
This is the first known attempt to devise specialized training programs based on disability. In 1760 the National Institute for the Deaf, the first special education school, was established in Paris. -
Vocational Rehabiliation Program
http://www.nad.org/issues/civil-rights/rehabilitation-act-1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is the federal law that authorizes the formula grant programs for vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance. It also authorizes a variety of training and service discretionary grants administered by the Rehabilitation Services Administration. -
Brown v. Board of Education
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html
Basis for future rulings that children with disabilities cannon be excluded from school -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/events/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-of-1965/
On April 9, 1965 Congress enacted the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) (P.L. 89-10), the most expansive federal education bill ever passed. It is significant to note the bill was enacted less than three months after it was introduced, as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_All_Handicapped_Children_Act
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental -
Americans With Disabilities Act
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. -
National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study
http://www.sri.com/work/projects/national-early-intervention-longitudinal-study-neils
From 1996 to 2007, SRI conducted NEILS for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). NEILS was the first national study of Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities, or at risk for d -
Assistive Technology Act of 2004
http://nichcy.org/laws/ata
As technology has come to play an increasingly important role in the lives of all persons in the United States, in the conduct of business, in the functioning of government, in the fostering of communication, in the conduct of commerce, and in the provision of education, its impact upon the lives of the more than 50,000,000 individuals with disabilities in the United States has been comparable to its impact upon the remainder o
