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Brown vs. Board of Education
Case where advocacy groups were created to inform the public of the need of special education programs. -
John F. Kennedys Combats Mental Retardation
The Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Act granted millions towards support programs that help mental retardation -
Center of Independent Living
First center which opened by Ed Roberts, for people to live independently without having to live in a nursing home -
Section 504
Implemented to allow protection of discrimination to those with disabilities. First to give students protection -
Board of Education vs Rowley
"Supreme Court rendered its first opinion regarding the contours of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and, importantly, the “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) mandate within it." (https://massadvocates.org/billsview/) -
Regular Education Initiative (REI)
Approach introduced by Madeleine Will, that advocated general educators assuming greater responsibility of education towards kids with disabilities -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Not much relation towards education but was a case that was created that outweighed separate but equal -
Handicapped Children's Protection Act
Act signed by Ronald Regan which gave parents with children of disabilities a higher say in the development of their child's IEP -
No Child Left Behind Act
Act signed by George W. Bush which was a law that stated that all students should be proficient in mathematics by 2014 -
Reimbursement for Special Education
Supreme courts ruled that parents can get reimbursed by the government for private tuition even when they haven't received any in public schools
