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Oct 17, 20211 min read

Day 8 - The Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble Minded Youth

The first publicly supported institution for people with intellectual disabilities was originally named The Massachusetts School for...

Oct 16, 20211 min read

Day 7 - Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix was a leader in reform and an advocate for the mentally ill during the nineteenth century. After suffering from severe...

Oct 15, 20211 min read

Day 6 - Perkins Institution for the Blind

Perkins School for the Blind, originally Perkins Institution for the Blind, was established in 1829 and is the oldest school for the...

Oct 14, 20211 min read

Day 5 - Samuel Tuke

Today, October 14th, is the 164th anniversary of the death of Samuel Tuke, an English philanthropist who followed in his family’s...

Oct 13, 20211 min read

Day 4- Establishment of the American School for the Deaf

The American School for the Deaf if the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States. Originally named the Connecticut...

Oct 12, 20211 min read

Day 3 - The Wild Boy of Aveyron

The “Wild Boy of Aveyron” refers to the supposed "feral child" that was found around 1800 living in the woods outside of Aveyron in...

Oct 11, 20211 min read

Day 2 - Elizabeth Farrell

Elizabeth E. Farrell was born in 1870 in New York State. Farrell attended Oswego Normal and Training School to study teaching. After two...

Sep 11, 20211 min read

Day 1 - October 10th 2021

Today, October 10th 2021, marks 100 days until the 100 year anniversary of the Council for Exceptional Children. The celebration of this...

"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

Special Education History

100 Days of Facts and Milestones

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