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Treatment up to the 1700's
Most people with disabilities lived in the streets and were beggars. Having a disability was a death sentence in some instances. -
Institution for Blind Children
Valentin Hauy established the first institution for blind children to help make life more tolerable. -
Treatment in the 1800's
Developmentally disabled children and adults were treated like they didn't matter. They were put into institutions for the rest of their lives. -
First Deaf School in America
The first permanent deaf school in America which marked the beginning of efforts in America to educate people with disabilities. -
Braille
Louis Braille invents raised point alphabet. -
Treatment in the 1900's
People with disabilities were segregated from everyone else. -
Eugenics Law
Eugenics were for "confirmed idiots, imbeciles, and rapists." People with disabilities were sterilized so they wouldn't be able to have children. -
The Threat of the Feeble Minded
This pamphlet set the stage for rights of people with disabilities. -
Study of Dyslexia
Samuel Orton begins the study of dyslexia and hypothesized that it could be neurological verses visual. -
Describing Autism
Dr. Leo Kanner described autism for the first time after he studied children who had withdrawn from human contact. -
Architectural Barriers Act
Requires that all buildings designed, constructed, altered, or leased with federal funds to be made accessible. -
Section 504
Section 504 was passed by congress -
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act guarantees free and appropriate education for all disabled children. -
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes and protects the civil rights of people with disabilities. -
