Landmark Legislation
What legislation, passed in 1975, required public schools to provide free and appropriate education to children with disabilities?
What is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA)?
Published a book about the education of children and wrote that learning must happen at a child's own pace
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
Individuals who work collectively for a particular cause
What are advocacy groups?
the case that involved a 9 year old girl with down syndrome stating that she must be fully included in general education
What was Sacramento Unified School District v. Holland?
What 1990 law prohibits discrimination based on disability in public places, including schools, workplaces, and transportation?
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Who was Charles Michel L'Epee?
a turning point in or an entirely new approach to public policy
What is landmark legislation?
The year of Sacramento Unified School District v. Holland
1992
Which 1973 law was the first to provide protections against discrimination for individuals with disabilities in programs receiving federal financial assistance?
What is Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
Developed her method that included an educational approach with physical and sensory activities to develop cognitive abilities in young children.
Who was Maria Montessori?
when referring to people with disabilities , using language that speaks of the person first and then the disability
What is people-first language?
The case that was similar to Holland except the child had more severe disabilities
Oberti v. Board of Education of Clementon school district
What 1986 amendment extended special education services to children aged 3-5 and incentivized early intervention programs for infants and toddlers?
What is the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986?
Signed the No Child Left Behind Law in 2002
Who was George W. Bush?
evidence of superior or unusual ability in areas such as intellect, creativity, artistic ability, physical agility, or leadership
What is giftedness?
The year of the Oberti v. Board of Education of Clementon school district case
1993
What began in 1954 that led to the landmark legislation with people and disabilities?
What is the civil rights movement?
In response to reform the NCLB Act, he put in a new law called Every Student Succeeds.
Who was Barack Obama?
developmental disabilities that come about because of the primary disability
What are secondary disabilities?
The judge's statement during the Oberti v. Board of Education of Clementon school district case about inclusion.
Inclusion is a right, not a priviledge for select few