History of Special Education

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This paper discusses how the 1960s began with a strong focus on special education in public schools in the United States. Advocacy groups were formed that demanded federal intervention to ensure that students with disabilities were provided a free appropriate public education. The paper further discusses how action was finally taken by the United States Congress in 1966 through the Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA) with the implementation of the Bureau for Education of the Handicapped. The actions taken through the bureau were not monumental, however, funding that was dispersed only allowed for minimal programs and services for children with disabilities.

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