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Early Historical Landmarks

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In my opinion two of the early historical landmarks that benefited the community the most are: 1. In 1876, a medical doctor named Seguin founded a professional organization that gave the special needs community a voice, this organization is still active today under the title, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). AAIDD lead the path for students with special needs to receive the services today. Without this organization, the special needs community may not exist. I believe this is the most important landmark of the entire special needs community because it is not easy to path the way for anything but to see a need in a community that often cannot speak for themselves is just amazing to me. 2. Honestly, …show more content…

The Education for all Handicapped Children Act passed in 1975 was created by President Ford and is by far, in my opinion, the most important landmark for a student with a disability. This act outlined the education system we offer today and is now called Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This landmark act mandated that every student regardless of disability be given a free and appropriate public education. It also outlined that the education is to be provided in the least restrictive environment. 2. The second landmark act might surprise people, but I think it is the rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986. This act outlined that the education a student receives needs to prepare them to be productive members of society within the scope of their disability. I work at a school for students with special needs that is non-inclusion and inclusion setting and our students are in our system from the age of diagnosed until 21. This act made it clear that we are not to just provide the generic education that would be given to their typical peers. We are to tailor a portion of our education to give them skills similar to a vocational school. Our students often become back room stockers in grocery stores, ticket clerks at movie theaters, or work with routine sorting task jobs, but these jobs are introduced to them in their education to teach them so that they can enter the job

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