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Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens in Hartford, Connecticut
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Braile code is first published
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American Printing House for the Blind is established
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National Deaf Mute College is established, later to be renamed Gallaudet University
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College level training for teacher of students with intellectual disabilities begins
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Segregated classes in public schools are established as viable alternatives to instructing children with disabilities; the term emotional disturbance comes into use
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Council for Exceptional Children is founded
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Dr. Hans Asperger indentifies children with characteristics that later would come to be called Asperger Syndrome
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Congress provides funding to disseminate best practices for special education by adding Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
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IDEA is amended, adding provisions related to transition services, participation by general teachers, and discipline
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No Child Left Behind Act increases accountability for outcomes for all students and requires that they are taught by highly qualified teachers
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President Obama signs Rosa's Law, whichwhich changes federal language usage from mental retardation to intellectual disability
