50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Dec. 4, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 4, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/12/04/50-years-after-the-birth-of-special-education-some-fear-for-its-future-under-trump

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Fifty years ago, just after Thanksgiving of 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the landmark law that created special education as it exists today, and guaranteed all children with disabilities the right to a “ [ free appropriate public education ][1] ....