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Gallaudet University
The first school for the deaf was called Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind and opened in 1857. It was later changed to grant degrees in 1864 and the name later changed to the Gallaudet University. -
Cotting School
The first day school for children with disabilities was opened in Massachusetts. It is called the Cotting School and was founded by Dr. Edward H. Bradford and Dr. Augustus Thorndike -
Frank Hall
In IL. Frank Haven Hall was able to intergrate blind students into a regular populated school as other kids ending the segregation of putting blind students into a single facility -
1913
In New York speech and language assistance services begin in public schools -
The National Association for the Gifted and Talented
The National Association for Gifted Children is established to help educate parents, teachers and society on gifted children -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs Topeka Board of education desegregates racially segregated schools but also has a say so in a lot of decisions with allowing children with disabilities into generally populated classrooms -
Sputnik
National Defense Education Act was signed into law in September 1958 and is was created to focus more educational resources on mathematics, science and technology. This significant to special education because it let schools identify children with helpful gifted talents. -
Sam Kirk
Samuel A. Kirk coins the term “learning disability” to identify with children with various educational disabilities. Samuel Kirk was a great contributor to special education. -
1968
The National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities is established. This programs received federal funding by the US Department of Education but funding ended in 2013. -
Hobson v. Hansen
Hobson vs Hansen was a suit brought on by African American Julius Hobson against District of Columbia’s Board of Education and Superintendent Carl Hansen. The court document read that black children and other low income children were placed in educational environments that was not equal to the other children. -
Educator and Disability Activist
Judy Heumann sues the New York City Board of Education when her application for a teaching license is denied because she used a wheelchair. The Board of Education considered her wheel chair a fire hazard. She wins and becomes the first teacher to teach in a wheelchair. -
Public Entities Can't Discriminate
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 enacted September 1973 makes it illegal for federal entities and public institutions to not make accommodations for students and people with disabilities -
The "Ugly Law"
The “Ugly Law” which started to surface in the early 1867’s was a law that prohibited people with unsightly disabilities or deformailties to be out in public. If they were caught in public, they would be sent to jail or cited for financial fines. The last of these laws were repealed in 1974. -
Lau v Nichols
Lau v. Nichols was a Supreme Court cases that argued Chinese American students were not given proper education because they didn’t know English and the education was only taught in English. This ruling allowed for a creation of the “Lau Remedies” which allowed for educational assistance for large minority groups -
Public Law 94-142 Education of All Handicapped Children Act
Public Law 94-142 - Education of All Handicapped Children Act was passed in 1975 to assure that all children with disabilities have available to them … a free appropriate public education which emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and each child along with his parents are protected and to assist States and their entities provide education for all disabled children -
Public Law 99-457
Public law 99-457 was enacted to include ages 3-5 (preschool ages) in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. -
Jacob Javits
The Jacob Javits Act was enacted to help schools coordinate programs for the gifted and talented children. It was updated in 1994 and included in the 2001 “No Child Left Behind” Act. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George H. W in 1990. This act prohibits the discrimination based on disability. -
1997
The EHA was reevaluated in 1997 and renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Under new provisions all schools receiving federal funding must
Develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for each child
Educate children with disabilities within their “least restrictive environment.” This environment is ideally with their typically developing peers, but is dependent on individual circumstances
Provide those students enrolled in early-intervention (EI) progra -
No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind Act was a bill that was signed into law in 2001. This act required schools that receive federal funding to test their students annually with standardized testing. The test must be the same for all children and improving test scores must be seen by the government. -
History of Disability Right Enters Classrooms
The first bill requiring that students in a K-12 public school system be taught the history of the disability rights movement is passed, largely due to the efforts of 20 young people with disabilities from the state of West Virginia.
