Learning+Disabilities+Act+of+1969+B

Who gets taught? (inclusion/exclusion -- inclusion of those with learning disabilities in public school system)

- Marked the first time federal law mandates supportive services (remedial services) for students with learning disabilities - Association for Children with Learning Disabilities (ACLD), later known as the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), introduced the idea of a Learning Disabilities Act - Applied To: - Did Not Apply To: - Before this act, children were not tested for learning disabilities and the schools were not required to provide any remedial education within the education system.
 * o Association consisted of parents who's children had disabilities and adults who had learning disabilities, themselves
 * o Perceptual handicaps – visible physical impairment
 * o Brain injuries – injury to the brain
 * o Minimal brain dysfunction – delayed brain function
 * o Dyslexia – reading disability where words appear sideways or backwards
 * o Developmental aphasia – linked to brain damage; an inability to speak
 * o Down Syndrome
 * o Emotionally disturbed
 * o Visually/Hearing impaired
 * o Also, only 1% of the diagnosed 3% of the school-age population with learning disabilities were receiving services
 * o Now, 14 percent of the education population are in special education receiving services as soon as diagnosed.

Since then, the act has been modified and reestablished to accommodate a larger variety of people who have intellectual disabilities. Most recent act à reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the No Child Left Behind Act.

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