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... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > alternative education > special education > history of special education
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > school systems, structures, and processes > special education > history of special education
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > school systems, structures, and processes > special education > history of special education
... > social science subjects > psychology > applied psychology > school psychology > special education > history of special education
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > education in society and culture > equality and social stratification > history of special education
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > equality and social stratification > history of special education

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history of special education  

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  • The special education movement can be characterized as having three major phases, exclusion and isolation, access and inclusion, and accountability and empowerment. Historically, up until the mid-1960s and 1970s, disability was viewed as an abnormality or “freak of nature,” and individuals who had disabilities were forced into isolation and exclusion. [Source: Encyclopedia ofthe Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Special Education, History of]

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