Despite education laws that had been in place nationwide since 1918, many children with disabilities were regularly excluded from public schools due to the inability of public facilities and personnel to meet the unique needs of disabled children. Their options to obtain a public education were severely limited: remain at home or be institutionalized. Even children with mild or moderate disabilities who eventually did enroll in public school were likely to drop out long before graduating from high school*. Read the rest of this entry »

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