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Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
-French
-Taught speech, academic, and self-care skills to a young boy found living alone in the woods -
Edouard Seguin
-French
-1839-Began the first school for students with intellectual disabilities
-1844-Shared his beliefs on why intellectual disabilities occurred; varied from previous beliefs
-Integrated sensory, movement, and manipulatives into his teaching methods -
Hervey B. Wilbur
-Barre, Massachusetts
-Established the first school (private) in America for students with intellectual disabilities -
Samuel Gridley Howe
-Boston, Massachusetts
-Opened first public school in America for students with intellectual disabilities -
Ward v. Flood
-California
-Catalyst for creating "ungraded classes" for students who were not succeeding in general education
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Elizabeth Farrell
-New York
-New York Public Schools Inspector of Ungraded Classes
-Late 1800s-1912-Led first wide-scale movement to educate all students
-Professor for Columbia University's Teachers College
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Alfred Binet & Theodore Simon
-French
-Creators of the Binet-Simon Scale, which collected data based on individuals interactions with their surroundings rather than ranked their scores -
Henry Herbert Goddard
-New Jersey
-Introduced new terms and ways of measuring intelligence to fellow psychologists -
National Association of Parents and Friends of Mentally Retarded Children
-Later became National Association for Retarded Citizens
-Now known as The Arc of the United States
-Comprised of families who were unhappy with the care and quality of institutions; fought for more equitable educational rights for their children (all ages) with intellectual disabilities
-1958-Helped to pass a law that created funding to teach new, individualized special education methods for students with intellectual disabilities
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
-Requires education in the Least Restrictive Environment
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