Day 78 - Laurent Clerc's 236th Birthday
Today, December 26, 2021 is the 236th birthday of Laurent Clerc. Clerc was a deaf man who was born and raised in France. Clerc taught the...
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Dec 25, 20211 min read
Day 77 - 1992 CEC Business Award
In 1992 the CEC Business Award was established to recognize a business or organization that promoted the full participation of...
Dec 24, 20211 min read
Day 76 - CEC Publishes Materials on Multicultural Education
In 1991 The Council for Exceptional Children published materials on multicultural education. Included in these publications was a major...
Dec 23, 20211 min read
Day 75 - Helen Keller
Helen Keller is remembered today by her extraordinary success despite being deaf and blind. Keller lost her vision and hearing at 19...
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Day 73 - Laura Bridgman's 192nd Birthday
Today, December 21, 2021, would have been Laura Bridgeman’s 192nd birthday. Laura Bridgeman was both blind and deaf. She the first...
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Day 74 - Reauthorization of EHA to IDEA
In 1990 the reauthorization of the Education for Handicapped Children Act renamed the law to the Individuals with Disabilities Education...
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Day 72 - The Quality Education Act of 1990
The Quality Education Act was passed in the New Jersey legislature on May 24, 1990. The act was created to address facility problems,...
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Day 71 - The Americans with Disabilities Act
In 1990 Public Law 101-336 was passed. Titled, “The Americans with Disabilities Act,” this law sought to prevent and prohibit...
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Day 69 - Closure of Willowbrook State Developmental Center
After the the Willowbrook Consent Judgement was issued, Willowbrook State Developmental Center was taken to court several more times...
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Day 68 - The Willowbrook Consent Judgement
The Willowbrook State Developmental Center in New York is an example of horrific treatment of people with disabilities. The inhumane...
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Day 67 - 1987 National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Public Law 99-483 stated that the month of March 1987 would be designated “National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.”...
Dec 14, 20211 min read
Day 66 - P.L. 91-230 Education of the Handicapped Act (1970)
The Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 91-230) was passed by congress in 1970. This act amended the Elementary and Secondary...
Dec 13, 20211 min read
Day 65 - Thomas Gallaudet
This past Friday, December 10th, was Thomas Gallaudet's 234th Birthday. Gallaudet began working with deaf students after an encounter...
Dec 12, 20211 min read
Day 64 - Public Law 99-457
Public Law 99-457 was adopted on October 8, 1986 under the title “Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986.” These amendments...
Dec 11, 20211 min read
Day 63 - Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year Award
The Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year award was established in 1984 to honor a CEC member who’s work demonstrates the best in special...
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Day 62 - Adoption of Standards by CEC
An early post on Day 40 discussed the publication of the Professional Standards for Personnel in Education in 1966. Seventeen years later...
Dec 8, 20211 min read
Day 60 - Group Home for Adults
The New Jersey Institute for Disabilities opened their first group home for adults in 1981. Since then, the NJID’s network of group homes...
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Day 58 - The State Facilities Education Act of 1979
The State Facilities Education Act of 1979 was adopted in the state of New Jersey. The act was concerned with assigning the...
Dec 5, 20211 min read
Day 57 - Wyatt v. Stickney
The 1971 court case Wyatt v. Stickney ruled that people who are involuntarily committed to state institutions because of mental illness...
Dec 4, 20211 min read
Day 56 - Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia
Supreme Court case Mills v. Board of Education of District of Columbia argued that a school district could not exclude children with...
"It is the boast of Americans that every child has opportunity of school education but it is true that many children- through no fault of their own- get nothing from education. Not education but the right education should be our boast."
- Elizabeth Farrell
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