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  2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Wikipedia

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    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a piece of American legislation that ensures students with a disability are provided with a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that is tailored to their individual needs. IDEA was previously known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) from 1975 to

  3. Judith Heumann - Wikipedia

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    She sued the Board of Education [6] for discrimination. [20] A local newspaper ran the headline "You Can Be President, Not Teacher, with Polio". The case settled without a trial [6] and Heumann became the first wheelchair user to teach in New York City, [21] [22] [23] teaching elementary school there for three years. [7]

  4. Ed Roberts (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was passed, Roberts realized that many of the buildings at UC Berkeley were not accessible to him or other wheelchair users. [8] Disability rights activists wanted to end discrimination and have rights for people with disabilities that were mandated and protected by the law.

  5. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982) is a United States Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Amy Rowley was a deaf student, whose school refused to provide a sign language interpreter. Her parents filed suit contending violation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.

  6. Wheelchair users in NJ seek relief from red tape as repairs ...

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    CMS encourages wheelchair users who have concerns "to call the supplier that provided them the item or locate a Medicare-enrolled supplier by calling 1-800-Medicare or using the Medicare Supplier ...

  7. Education for All Handicapped Children Act - Wikipedia

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    The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental ...

  8. Wheelchair user in SKIMS ad speaks about the importance of ...

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    The 51-year-old announced her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021 and has since shared that she needed a wheelchair to get to set while filming the last season of Netflix's Dead to Me. Applegate ...

  9. Free Appropriate Public Education - Wikipedia

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    Various laws began to carve out space for a student's right to FAPE in the mid-to-late twentieth century. For example, the 1958 Captioned Films Act, Public Law 85-905, [8] [9] was intended, at least in part, to enrich the educational experience of the deaf, demonstrating recognition that their educational opportunities differed somewhat from their hearing peers.