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Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
"tamed" the "wild boy of Aveyron," -
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wild boy of Aveyron
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
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NEW IDEAS
Physicians and clergy, including Itard, Edouard O. Seguin (1812–1880), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801–1876), and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851), wanted to ameliorate the neglectful, often abusive treatment of individuals with disabilities. -
First Special Education School in the United States
the American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (now called the American School for the Deaf), was established in Hartford, Connecticut, by Gallaudet. -
1840 New Law
Rhode Island passed a law mandating compulsory education for children, but not all states had compulsory education until 1918. -
Anne Sullivan Macy
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the teacher who "worked miracles" with Helen Keller
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G. Stanley Hall 1844–1924
considered the founder of child psychology), researchers attempted to study child development scientifically in relation to education and in so doing established a place for psychology within public schools. -
1900s
increased attention to mental health and a consequent interest in establishing child guidance clinics. -
ARC/USA),
The National Association for Retarded Citizens (now ARC/USA), organized in 1950 -
University of Illinois
In 1951 the first institution for research on exceptional children opened at the University of Illinois and began what was to become the newest focus of the field of special education: the slow learner and, eventually, what we know today as learning disability. -
ACLD
the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, organized in 1963. -
1970 SPED in Public Schools
by 1970 the field of special education was offering a variety of educational placements to students with varying disabilities and needs; however, public schools were not yet required to educate all students regardless of their disabilities. -
IDEA
IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to receive a free appropriate public education, just like other children.
