-bars discrimination in employment, transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications
-implements principles of normalization
-requires phased-in accessibility of school buildings
-insists on the removal of barriers inhibiting access and participation in society
-1990
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA), PL 94-142
EHA (reauthorized
PL 99-457
-add provision of services to infants and toddlers
-requires an IFSP
-1986
-guarantees FAPE in the LRE
-requires each student to have an IEP
-1975
Assistive Technology Act of 2004(ATA)(re-authorized), PL 108-364
-supports school to work transition projects
-continues a national web site on assistive technology
-assists states in creating and supporting device loan programs, financial loans
-2004
IDEA '04 (re-authorized), PL 108-446
-requires special education teachers to be highly qualified
-requires that all students with disabilities participate annually in either state or district testing with accommodations or in alternative assessments.
-eliminates IEP short term objectives and benchmarks, except for those who use alternative assessments.
-changes identification procedures for learning disabilities
-allows any student to be placed in an interim alternative educational setting for weapons, drugs, or violence.
-2004
IDEA '97(reauthorized), PL 105-17
-adds ADHD to the "other health impairments" category
-adds functional behavioral assessments and behavior intervention plans
-alters transition plans to become an IEP component
-1997
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504
-guarantees basic civil rights to all people with disabilities
-requires the provision of accommodation
-1973
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act(IDEA)
PARC and Mills - influential court cases
any child with a disability has the right to a FAPE
-changes name of law of the law retroactively
-adds transition plans
-adds autism as a special education category
-adds brain injury as a category
-1990
NCLB (re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act [ESEA]), PL 107-110
-implements a high stakes accountability system based on student achievement
-requires use of data based practices and instruction
-insists on highly qualified teachers
-2001
Rosa's Law, PL 111-256
-retroactively changes all federal laws to remove the term mental retardation and change it to intellectual disabilities
-2010
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American with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2000, PL 110-235
-broadens definition of disability
-provides that impairments or conditions that could limit a major life activity but are in remission still be considered disabilities
-2008
