The History of Special Education

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The History of Special Education The beginning of the special education timeline portrayed how only blind, and deaf individuals received support. Over the years, more support was given to individuals with disabilities, including support that reflected resources, funding, and equal opportunities both in society and education. With that, The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) helps to protect people with disabilities from discriminatory acts (ADA, 2023). In reviewing the special education professional ethical principles, this also states that educators are to represent and present their selves in ethical manners within school environments and students (CEC, 2023), this coincides with laws like ADA that protect students from harsh treatments. The individuals with disabilities act (IDEA), also ensures that students have equal educational opportunities and resources for school, this coincides with special educational professional ethical principles that states educators must advocate for students by ensuring they get resources according to their individual needs (CEC, 2023). The history of special education is essential in that many changes have been made to support those with disabilities. More opportunities, laws, landmark decisions have impacted the way people are to treat, support, fund, and respect the special education community. Being knowledgeable of this information and knowing the professional standards that coincide with how educators are to treat students with disabilities, makes going into education more freeing, confident, and informed about ensuring students are given every opportunity that is rightfully theirs. With that, acts like ADA, and IDEA are the reasons students have para-educators, speech therapist, behavior specialist, small classroom sizes and multi-tiered systems designed for their success. Educators are supposed to go in with all these resources and the empathetic nature and stance that each student can be successful.
Reference: ADA (October 2023). Laws, regulations & standards. Retrieved https://www.ada.gov CEC, 2023. Special Education Professional Ethical Principles. Retrieved https://exceptionalchildren.org/standards/ethical-principles-and-practice-standards
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