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Segregation
Segregated Classes in public schools are established to instruct children with disabilities -
Definitions
The term mentally retarded is introduced; the term gifted appears in professional literature -
CEC
Council for Exceptional Children was founded -
Autism
Leo Kramer identifies the characteristics of children with autism -
Asperger's
Dr. Hans Asperger identifies children with characteristics of Aspergers -
Learning disabilities
Samuel Kirk introduces the term learning disabilities -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The first federal law to directly address the education of students with disabilities -
Normalization and deinstitutionalization
Making available to all people with disabilities patterns of life and conditions of everyday life which are as close to possible to the regular circumstances and ways of life or society -
Education for all Handicapped Children Act
Increased federal special education funding and charged states with the task of creating full educational opportunities for students with disabilities -
Education of the Handicapped Act
Law that captured many of the issues that were being address in the counts, funded efforts to find children with disabilities who were not in school, and mandated that states follow the law in order to receive federal funding -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Protects the rights of individuals with disabilities no matter their age -
NCLB
No Child Left Behind Act -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Protects the educational right of infants and children by ensuring the rights of students with disabilities and their parents. They include zero reject, free appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, nondiscriminatory evaluation, parent and family rights, and procedural safeguards -
Rosa's Law
Changes federal language usage from mental retardation to intellectual disability