The Legal History of Special Education: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been!.

Yell, Mitchell L.; Rogers, David; Rogers, Elisabeth Lodge

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ERIC Number: EJ571903

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Publication Date: 1998

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The Legal History of Special Education: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been!

Yell, Mitchell L.; Rogers, David; Rogers, Elisabeth Lodge

Remedial and Special Education, v19 n4 p219-28 Jul-Aug 1998

Discusses the legal history of special education. The exclusion of students with disabilities and the early efforts to ensure a free appropriate education for students with disabilities are examined up to and including the enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Discrimination, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Legislation, Legal Responsibility, Special Education

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments 1997

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