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Segregation in Disability
Prior to 1960 those on regular campus were isolated by being educated in separate schools
Brown vs. Board of Education (students with disability were denied equal education) -
Segregation to Inclusion
Students with disabilities were segregated from students without disabilities -
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (504 Plan)
Does not qualify the student for an IEP but the child still have a disability and receives certain accommodations (small group, extended time, writing on test) -
Inclusion Movement
under the Re authorization of IDEA, services were extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3 -
Americans with Disability Act
Once a student graduates from high school with a disability, they are no longer covered by IDA but now covered by ADA. Jobs will have to be accommodated to the worker if there is a disability. -
No Child Left Behind
students will mild disabilities must pass all state assessments like students without disabilities.
Teachers highly qualified and fully certified -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Acts 2004
Amends Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, the EAHCA amendments of 1983 and 1986, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990, 1992 and 1997 -
IDEA Continued
more students are educated with non-disabled peers
more students with disabilities start attending college
