A Timeline of The History of Special Education

A Timeline of The History of Special Education
Part 1: Timeline
1817: American School for the Deaf: The first school for disabled schools in the Western Hemisphere founded in Hartford. The school was meant to cater to the learning needs of deaf students.
1840: Law Mandating Compulsory Education: Rhode passed a law that makes education compulsory for all learners. The law requires mandated all learners, including those with disabilities to receive education, while at the same time requiring governments to offer education tie all learners. I selected it because it forms the basis for special education in the US
1864: Columbia Institution: The US Congress permits the Columbian Institution to offer degrees for deaf, dumb, and blind learners. It became the first college in the US to provide degrees for learners with special needs. I chose this because Congress recognized the importance of students with disabilities to receive an education like others.
1870: Association Instructors for the Blind: The association was established to ensure that learning institutions provided comprehensive educational programs to deaf and blind students. I selected this event because of its importance in acknowledging the need to ensure that schools provided high-quality education to students with disabilities.
1919: Beattie v. Board of Education: The Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds a ruling that schools could expel learners because of disabilities. Learners with special needs were seen as causing disruptions to the learning environment. I selected this court case because it demonstrated the challenges that learners with disabilities have faced in the past
1954: Brown v. Board of Education: The Supreme Court held that learners with disabilities could not be denied the right to education because of race. The ruling became a reference point for parents of children with disabilities to argue against the exclusion of children with disabilities from public schools. I selected the court case because of the importance of ensuring that public schools could not discriminate against learners, including those with disabilities.
1975: Education for All Handicapped Children Act: The Act provided that learners with disabilities had the right to be educated in public schools. I chose the act because of its emphasis on the need for public schools to cater to the needs of diverse learners.
1986: Handicapped Children’s Protection Act: The Act allowed parents of children with disabilities to have more say in the development of individual education plans. I selected the act because it demonstrates the need to ensure stakeholder participation in special education, especially among parents of children with disabilities.
1990: Americas Disability Act (ADA): The Act provides that individuals with disabilities have the same rights as every other person. I selected this law because it ensured an even playing ground for learners with disabilities.
2002: No Child Left Behind Act: The law provided the need to ensure that learners were proficient in math and reading by 2014. I selected the law because it accelerated the need for schools to ensure that even learners with disabilities became proficient in math and reading.
Part 2: Summary
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