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Day 93 - CEC and Open Society Foundations

The Council for Exceptional Children collaborated with the Open Society Foundations in 2011. Open Society Foundations work globally to...

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 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...

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 6, 20211 min read

Day 28 - Establishment of the ARC

In 1950 parent groups came together to establish The ARC. Originally, the organization was named the National Association of Parents and...

Nov 3, 20211 min read

Day 25 - NJ Cerebral Palsy League

Parents and other concerned people began to form groups during the 1940s to address the issue of inequality in education for students...

Nov 2, 20211 min read

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...

"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

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