Day 55 - Establishment of the Special Education Research Award
The Special Education Research Award was established by the Council for Exceptional Children in 1989. This professional award annually...
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Dec 2, 20211 min read
Day 54 - Foundation of TASH
The American Association for the Education of the Severely and Profoundly Handicapped was established in 1975. Today, the organization is...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Day 53 - Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education
Public Law 98-524, or the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act was passed in 1984. The act established vocational and technical...
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Day 52 - United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons 1983-1992
In December of 1982 the United Nations declared 1983-1992 the Decade of Disabled Persons. The goal was to encourage activity that would...
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Day 51 - PL 94-142 ; 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was signed 46 years ago on November 29, 1975 by President Gerald Ford. The act ensures a...
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Day 50 - International Year of Disabled Persons
The year 1981 was proclaimed the International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The theme...
Nov 27, 20211 min read
Day 49 - Establishment of the Yes I Can Awards
The Yes I Can! Awards were established by the Foundation for Exceptional Children in 1981. These Awards are presented annually to twelve...
Nov 26, 20211 min read
Day 48 - First World Congress on the Future of Special Education
The Council for Exceptional Students held their first World Congress on the future of special education in Stirling Scotland during the...
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Day 47 - The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities was formed in 1975 and was the first disability rights groups that included...
Nov 24, 20211 min read
Day 46 - CEC and The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education formed in 1954 to establish national standards for accreditation of teacher...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
Day 43 - Section 504
Section 504 of the the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination of individuals based on disabilities. The act ensured that...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
Day 42 - Congressional Investigation 1972
In 1972 a congressional investigation was launched to determine the state of children with disabilities in the United States. The...
Nov 19, 20211 min read
Day 41 - PARC v. Pennsylvania Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Association of Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a court case from the early 1970s which dealt with the...
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Day 40 - CEC Professional Standards
The Council for Exceptional Children first published the Professional Standards for Personnel in Education of Exceptional Children in...
Nov 16, 20211 min read
Day 38 - Foundation of the Experimental Education Unit
The Experimental Education Unit was founded at the University of Washington as part of the College of Education and the Center for Human...
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Day 37 - Foundation of the Special Olympics
The Special Olympics originated in 1962 when Eunice Kennedy Shriver invited young people with intellectual disabilities to participate in...
Nov 14, 20211 min read
Day 36 - Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was amended in November of 1966 to include grant programs in special education. This program...
Nov 13, 20211 min read
Day 35 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was brought into legislation in 1965 as a part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty. The act...
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Day 34 - 1965 Medicaid Amendments
Under Title XIX of the the social security act the Medicaid program was enacted to provide health care services to several groups of...
Nov 11, 20211 min read
Day 33 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs at the end of WWI
Today, November 11th, is Veteran’s Day, the anniversary of the end of World War I. Following World War I many injured and disabled...
"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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