Web Links

Inclusion

For definitions, arguments pro and con, and major court cases involving legislation, see

Special Education Inclusion http://www.weac.org/resource/june96/speced.htm

Civil Rights Legislation Related to Disabilities

For the actual text of these two pieces of legislation, see

Section 504, Vocational Rehabilitation Act http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/sec504.htm

Americans with Disabilities Act http://www.jan.wvu.edu/links/adalinks.htm

Least Restrictive Environment

For more information on the concept and practice of "least restrictive environment," see

Least Restrictive Environment Coalition http://www.lrecoalition.org/

Least Restrictive Environment Checklist http://www.icsi.net/~stlevine/lre_list.html

Samuel Gridley Howe

For an interesting biography of Samuel Gridley Howe, see

http://www.aph.org/hall_fame/howe_bio.html

http://www.workersforjesus.com/dfi/854.htm

Pioneers in Research and Treatment of Disabilities

Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard http://www.ibis-birthdefects.org/start/mr.htm

Edouard Seguin http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/mncdd/parallels/four/4b/4.html

Valentin Hauy http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07152b.htm

Louis Braille http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/braille.htm

Helen Keller http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/keller.htm

History of Disability and Special Education

For an interesting glimpse into the history of special education, with some audio clips, see

"Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project," http://www.npr.org/programs/disability/

"How Braille Began" http://www.brailler.com/braillehx.htm

"On the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Idiocy and Imbecility" (1882) http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~mksimpso/IreDiag.htm

For more sites on the general history of special education, see

History of Special Education http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/links12.html

The Settlement House Movement

For more on the Settlement House Movement, see

http://www.myhistory.org/historytopics/articles/settlement_houses.html

Special Education Law

For more on special education law, as well as other aspects of special education, see

The Special Education Home Page http://specialed.freeyellow.com/

Children with Multiple Health Problems

For the story of one medically "strong"child, see

"Our Children—Ashley" http://www.circleofinclusion.org/english/pim/one/ashley.html

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

For an example of the form used to create an IEP, see

http://specialed.about.com/cs/formssamples/