Day 24 - Cuyahoga County Ohio Council for the Retarded Children
The Cuyahoga County Council for the Retarded Children was established in 1933 by parents of children with disabilities. This was a...
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Oct 31, 20211 min read
Day 22 - Ungraded Magazine
The Ungraded Magazine was first published in May of 1915. The magazine was a professional periodical that published information and...
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Day 20 - Brooklyn Training School
Elizabeth Farrell proposed the establishment of a three month graduate course at the Brooklyn Training School for teachers of “ungraded”...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Day 19 - Edward Seguin
Today, October 28th, is the anniversary of the death of Edward Seguin who passed away in 1880. Seguin was mentored by Jean Marc Gaspard...
Oct 27, 20211 min read
Day 18 - P.L. 1911 c. 234 - New Jersey State
In 1911 legislation was passed in the state of New Jersey which required boards of education to report which children, if any, were three...
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Day 16 - The Henry Street School Settlement
Elizabeth E. Farrell worked at the Henry Street School in New York City. With the support of reformer Lillian Wald, Farrell attempted for...
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Day 15 - PL 88-156
On this date - October 24th - in 1963 Public Law 88-156 was passed to assist in the prevention of “mental retardation.” The act expanded...
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Day 14 - Wyatt v. Stickney
Today, October 23rd, marks the day that the Wyatt v. Stickney lawsuit was filed in the year 1970. This case ruled that people who are...
Oct 22, 20211 min read
Day 13 - Horace Mann and the Common School
Horace Mann enacted a major education reform in the United States through the creation of the common school. Mann argued that every child...
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Day 12 - Cotting School
The first private, free day school for children with physical disabilities in the United States was established in 1893. This school...
Oct 20, 20211 min read
Day 11 - Anne Sullivan
Today, October 20th, is the 85th anniversary of the death of Anne Sullivan. Sullivan was a student at Perkins School for the Blind, but...
Oct 19, 20211 min read
Day 10 - John Langdon Down
John Langdon Down worked as the director of the largest “asylum for Idiots” in London during the mid nineteenth century. Down noted the...
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Day 9 - Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University was chartered in 1864 when Abraham Lincoln signed the charter bill into a law. Gallaudet is the first school for the...
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...
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
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