When the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed into law in 1975, it was a groundbreaking piece of legislation. For the first time, students with disabilities were guaranteed ...
Fifty years ago, just after Thanksgiving of 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the landmark law that created special education as it exists today, and ...
She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus wasn’t wheelchair accessible. Her second school forced her to learn in a separate room, ...
(Charlie Riedel, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) December 2 marks Special Education Day in the United States, a day to celebrate the ...
Sueli Gwiazdowski, 24, says she switched high schools three times when she was growing up. She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus ...