Special Education

Special Education

Introduction

The article “Education for all Handicapped Children Act” by the 38th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford has been referred. It discusses the education of emotionally, mentally, and physically handicapped children in the United States; and the way education was provided by state-run schools, private schooling, private tutoring, and institutionalization.

Summary of the Article

Several schools for the deaf and blind opened in the 19th century throughout the United States, and the first such school formed especially for the blind was Perkins School, founded in 1829. During this time, one major issue was that students with conditions such ...