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Children With Disabilities And Special Needs

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One hopes that all schools in the U.S. that have disabled and special needs students do everything they can to ensure that such students are treated in a fair way and granted their right to equal access to education. For years, students with disabilities and special needs were not given the right to education. Many were labeled as incapable or the term “special” someone who needs particular requirements which is now known as special needs. They were not valued because of their failures and many saw little success in their future. To address such unjust treatment federal laws have been passed to ensure that equality is granted to such students. In 1975, Congress enacted the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The IDEA act required schools to serve the educational needs of eligible students with disabilities These disabilities include children with: autism, deaf-blindness, deafness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, health impairment such as ADHD, learning disabilities like dyslexia, speed and language impairment, turmeric brain injury, and visual impairment including blindness. (Lee) The IDEA helped promote children with a range of special needs to get the educational help they deserved. Enacted in 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibited discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including, jobs, schools, transportation,

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