Special Education Timeline
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- Hartford, Connecticut
- April 15, 1817American School for the Deaf: First school to receive federal aid in 1820.
- American School for the Deaf
- Welcome Exceptional Learners!
- Originally Bennett's City Hotel
- 1950: The Arc is the first organization to put money into research on developmental disabilities.
- Parents met in Minneapolis, MN to organize
- 1971-72PARC vs Commonwealth
- Children with disabilities will be allowed access to public schooling.
- 1975IDEA gets passed
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Individuals with disabilities will now receive the education they deserve!
- October 8, 1986President Reagan mandates that children & families receive services from childbirth to age 2
- I have more services provided to me and my family from birth all the way to age 2 now!
- August 6, 1986IEPIndividual Education Plan
- Now we as parents have a say in our child's education plan!
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