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1963
Samuel Kirk is the first person to use the term "learning disability" at a conference in Chicago also starting (LDA) Learning Disabilities Association -
1973
Rehabilitation Act 1973 also known as Section 504. section 504 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, and requires that stundents with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) -
1975
Education for all handicapped children act (EHA) PL 94-142 free appropriate public education for all students. -
1990
(EHA) name was changed to Individuals with disabilities education act (IDEA). Also the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed. -
1997
IDEA is reauthorized regular education teachers are included in the IEP process, students have more access to general curriculum and are included in statewide assessments, and also ADHD is added to the list of conditions that could make a child eligible for services under the category "Other health impairment" -
2001
the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was passed. -
2002
LDA started the healthy children program (HCP) focusing on the preventable causes of learning disabilities including chemical exposures that harm brain health -
2004
IDEA what street reauthorized again School personnel now have more authority and special education placement decisions and the new law is better aligned with the no Child left behind act -
2006
The final publication of the regulations to accompany IDEA was issued -
2013
LDA & NCLD joined forces and brought about the Marrakesh treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print the disabled.