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EDSP 101
Timeline of the Development of Special Education
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Date
Event Title Event Description
1817 American Asylum for the
Education and Instruction
of the Deaf and Dumb
First special education school in the United
States, the American Asylum for the Education
and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (now
called the American School for the Deaf), was
established in Hartford.
1840 Law Mandating
Compulsory Education
Rhode Island passed a law education for all
children mandating compulsory. Compulsory
education is education which children are
required by law to receive and governments to
provide.
1870 Association of the
Instructors of the Blind
The School for the Deaf and the School for the
Blind offer comprehensive educational programs
for hearing impaired and visually impaired
students.
1886 American Association on
Mental Deficiency
The American Association on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (formerly the
American Association on Mental Retardation
(AAMR) is formed to advocate for handicapped
people's rights.
1918 Compulsory Education By 1918 all States have mandated compulsory
education.
1919 Wisconsin Supreme Court,
in Beattie vs. Board of
Education
Schools could exclude a student who had been
attending public school until the 5th grade.
1922 Council for Exceptional
Children
The International Council for the Education of
Exceptional Children is organized by a group of
administrators and supervisors attending the
summer session at Teachers College, Columbia
University, and their faculty members on
August 10, 1922. The Council begins with 12
members. Elizabeth E. Farrell was the Founder
and first President, 1922 26.
1930 First White Cane
Ordinance
1930, in Peoria, Illinois, the first white cane
ordinance gave individuals with blindness the
right-of-way when crossing the street.
1931 The Bradley Home The Bradley Home, the first psychiatric hospital
for children in the United States, was
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established in East Providence, Rhode Island.
1933 Cuyahoga Council for
Retarted Citizens
Parental Advocacy Group composed of five
mothers of children with mental retardation who
came in Cuyahoga, Ohio to protest their
children's exclusion from public schools. Led to
the establishment of a special class for their
children, even though the parents sponsored the
class.
1939 Cuyahoga County Court of
Appeals, Ohio
Ruled that the statute mandating compulsory
attendance gave state department authority to
exclude certain students.
1940 Beginning of the modern
Special Education
Movement & National
Foundation for the Blind &
American Federation of the
Physically Handicapped
This decade is considered the beginning of the
modern Special Education Movement. During
World War II, many young soldiers sustained
injuries that resulted in lifelong disabilities. The
need for educational and employment
opportunities and services for these young men
created legislation that would precede Special
Education legislation.
*National Foundation for the Blind is formed
and advocate for white cane laws and input
from the blind on a variety of programs.
*American Federation of the Physically
Handicapped is formed- advocated for the end-
of-job discrimination.
1943 Classification of Autism The classification of Autism was introduced by
Dr. Leo Kanner of John Hopkins University.
1945 Public Law 176: National
Employ the Handicapped
Week
Public Law 176 created more awareness for
possibilities for employment of the
"handicapped."
1946 Cerebral Palsy Society The Cerebral Palsy Society is formed by parents
in NYC.
1947 Perkins Brailler Developed The Perkins Brailler is developed; printing of
large type books is initiated.
1950 National Association for
Retarded Citizens (ARC)
ARC was founded in 1950. It helped identify
children with disabilities and mental retardation
and bring them out of their houses.
1951 First institution for
research for exceptional
children
The first institution for research on exceptional
children opened at the University of Illinois.
1953 At-Home Attendant Care
Provided
Los Angeles County provided at-home attendant
care to adults with polio as a cost- saving
alternative to hospitalization.
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1954 Brown vs. Board of
Education and Social
Security Act Amendment
In this milestone decision the Supreme Court
ruled that separating children in public schools
on the basis of race unconstitutional. It signaled
the end of legalized racial segregation in the
schools of the United States, overruling the
"separate but equal" principle set forth in the
1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case *Social Security
Act of 1935 was amended by PL 83-761 to
include a freeze provision for workers who were
forced by disabilities to leave the workforce. This
protected their benefits by freezing their
retirement benefits at their pre-disability level.
1955 Council for the Exception
Children's Journal
Council for the Exception Children’
s Journal
made a case for ending the segregation of
disabled students.
1956 Social Security
Amendment of 1956
Social Security Amendments of 1956 created the
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
program for disabled workers aged 50 to 64.
1960 States started their own
Special Education
In the 1960s states started setting up their own
special education programs.
1961 President's Panel on
Mental Retardation
President John F. Kennedy appointed a special
President's Panel on Mental Retardation.
1963 Association for Children
with Learning Disabilities
Parents first joined forces at a national
conference held in Chicago in 1963. There they
formed the Association for Children with
Learning Disabilities.
1964 Civil Rights Act Made discrimination based on race, religion,
sex, national origin, and other characteristics
illegal .
1965 Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA) &
Amendments
*President Johnson's legislative plan termed,
"War on Poverty". As Daniel Schugurensky
states the act "was developed under the
principle of redress, which established that
children from low-income homes required more
from low-income homes required more
Educational Inequalities) The act proved to be a
catalyst for future educational legislation. A few
of the pivotal acts that derived from the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA) include the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, the Bilingual Education Act, and
the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. *ESEA
Amendments –
First Federal grants to states
schools for the education children with
disabilities.
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1966 Elementary and Secondary
Education
Act Amendments of 1966
Transferred authority from the Director of OEO
to the U.S. Commissioner of Education
(Department of Health, Education and Welfare)
Federal grants to local schools. Not less than 10
percent nor more than 20 percent reserved for
special projects and teacher training (Sections
309 b and c) National Advisory Council on Adult
Education and Bureau of Education for the
Handicapped established.
1968 Elementary and Secondary
Education
Act Amendments of 1968
Established programs to improve special
education.$100,000 was provided as the base
for the state allotment and Private non-profit
agencies added as eligible local grant recipients.
1970 Elementary and Secondary
Education
Act Amendments of 1970
Established a core grant program for local
education agencies. Revised statement of
purpose to include adults who had attained age
16 and had not graduated from high school,
State allotment base raised to $150,000, Special
emphasis given to adult basic education,
Presidentially appointed National Advisory
Council on Adult Education established, 5
percent administrative cost authorized.
1971 Pennsylvania Association
for Retarded Children
(PARC) cs. Pennsylvania
*Pennsylvania Association for Retarded
Children, along with parents of children with
mild to severe disabilities, sued the state and
won their case to establish a free and
appropriate education (FAPE) for all children
with mental retardation between the ages the
ages of 6 and 21 in Pennsylvania.
1972 Mills vs. District of
Columbia Board of
Education
The Mills suit brought on behalf of over 18,000
children in the District, based on the 14th
amendment and claimed that children with
disabilities were excluded from public education
without due process.
1973 Rehabilitation Act The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination
on the basis of disability in programs conducted
by Federal agencies, in programs receiving
Federal financial assistance, in Federal
employment, and in the employment practices of
Federal contractors. The standards for
determining employment discrimination under
the Rehabilitation Act are the same as those
used in title I of the Americans with Disabilities
Act. Rights of the handicapped in employment
and education are ensured through section 504
of the Rehabilitation Amendments.
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1974 Elementary and Secondary
Education
Act Amendments of 1974
Appropriate education for all children with
disabilities. Community school program was
added, State allotment revised, State plan
expanded to include institutionalized adults,
Cap on adult secondary education at 20
percent, Provided for bilingual adult education,
15 percent for special projects and teacher
training, Special projects for the elderly, State
advisory councils could be established and
maintained, National Advisory Council on Adult
Education to include limited English-speaking
members.
1975 Education for All
Handicapped Children Act
“Specific learning disabilities” was recognized
and added as a new disability category in The
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of
1975. The EAHCA was intended to provide
administrators with proof of compliance,
teachers with formalized plans, parents with a
voice, and students with an appropriate
education. Along with assurances of
nondiscriminatory evaluation, individualized
educational planning, and education in the least
restrictive environment.
1976 Kurzweil Reader Raymond Kurzweil develops Kurzweil Reader
that translates material into synthesized speech.
1978 Journal of Special
Technology
First Issue of Journal of Special Education
Technology.
1979 Armstrong vs. Kline &
NECC Conference
*Armstrong- extended school year. *First NECC
conference is held.
1981 Espino vs. Besteiro *S-1 vs.
Turlington
* Espino-Cube within a classroom-U.S. District
concluded that placement in a "cube" was not
the maximum extent appropriate to achieve peer
interaction nor was the placement to the
maximum extent practicable. *S-1-discipline
1982 Board of Education of
Hendrick Hudson Central
School District vs. Rowley
In the Rowley case the court ruled, "once a court
determines that the requirements of the act
have been met, questions of methodology are for
the resolution by the state." Parents do not have
a right to compel a school district to provide
specific programs. The Rowley case is often cited
by school districts for the general proposition
that the school district or municipality need not
provide "optimum" services, and need only
provide services which are "appropriate."
1983 Education for All *The title of the act was changed by
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Handicapped Children Act
of 1983 Roncker vs. Walter
amendments in 1983 This law allows for federal
funding to create parent training and
information centers (PIC) so that parents could
learn how to protect the rights that PL 94-142
guarantees their child. PL 98-199 also provided
financial incentives to expand services for
children from birth to age 3 and the initiatives
for transition services from school to adult living
for students with disabilities. *Critical Analysis
of Segregated Placements- "Roncker Test"
whether segregated placement could be modified
and provided in a mainstream classroom.
1984 Hurry vs. Jones & Irving
ISD vs. Tatro
*Hurry- Door to Door transportation. State must
give free door to door transportation service to
the education program in which he is enrolled.
*Irving- Related Services. Medical Services are
only excluded if they have to be administered by
hospital or physician. Developed two-step
analysis to determine related services.
1985 Aguilar vs. Felton &
Burlington School
Committee vs. Dept. of Ed.
Of Massachusetts
*New York City uses federal funds received
under the Title I program of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to pay the
salaries of public school employees who teach in
parochial schools in the city. That program
authorized federal financial assistance to local
educational institutions to meet the needs of
educationally deprived children from low-
income families. *Burlington- Tuition
reimbursement for private school placement.
1986 Education for All
Handicapped Children Act
of 1986 & Alama Heights
ISD vs. State Board of
Education & Max M. vs.
Illinous State Board of
Education & Regular
Education Initiative
*In 1986, an amendment to the EHA, extended
the purpose of EHA to include children ages 0-5
and included: To extend the guarantee to a Free
and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) to
children with disabilities, ages 3-5. To establish
Early Intervention Programs (EIP) for infants
and toddlers with disabilities, ages 0-2. To
develop an Individualized Family Service Plan
(IFSP) for each family with an infant/toddler
with disabilities.
*Alama Heights ISD vs. State Board of
Education (Year Round Services) The School
District is required to provide a "free appropriate
public education." The some-educational-benefit
standard does not mean that the requirements
of the Act are satisfied so long as a handicapped
child's progress, absent summer services, is not
brought "to a virtual standstill." Rather, if a
child
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experiences severe or substantial regression
during the
summer months in the absence of a summer
program, the handicapped child may be entitled
to year-round services.
*Max M v. Illinois Board of Education
(Psychological Services and Counseling.) The
district court opinion dealt with the substantive
issue of whether "psychotherapy" was a related
service. The holding was in the affirmative,
along with the lines of the Garret. F. case. The
court simply asked whether the service was
capable of being delivered by a non-physician;
answer was yes. The district had to reimburse
the parents at the cost level of a non-physician.
*Regular Education Initiative established.
1987 A.W. vs. Northwest R-1
School District & Talking
Textwrite
*A.W. vs. Northwest R-1 School District (Cost as
a Consideration) Congress provided limited
resources to the states to implement the policy
of educating all disabled students, and the
sufficiency of that education must be evaluated
in light of the available resources. *Talking text
write created.
1988 Lachman vs. Illinios State
Bd. Of Ed. & Honig vs.
Doe & Spielberg vs.
Henrico
*Lachman-District Determines Methodology.
School System didn't want to place student in
mainstream classroom. Court quotes Rowley
case- question of methodology are ruled by the
state. *Honig v. Doe "stay put" provision
prohibits schools from excluding students from
classrooms for misconduct that is due their
disability. *Spielberg-Change of Placement.
1989 Daniel R. R. vs. State
Board of Education &
Timothy W. vs. Rochester,
NH School District &
Hendricks vs. Gilhool &
Goals 2000 Summit
*Daniel R.R- When segregated placement
is appropriate. Determines the least restrictive
environment.
*"Zero Rejection" States must give free
appropriate public education and doesn't ask
any level of achievement be derived from an
individual's education.
*Hendricks- Comparable facilities. Special
Education classrooms have to be comparable to
facilities available for children in regular
classrooms. *Goals 2000
Summit
1990 Education for All
Handicapped Children Act
of 1990 & Americans with
Disabilities Act
*EHA named changed to Individuals with
Disabilities Act (IDEA). It guarantees equal
opportunity for individuals with disabilities in
employment, public accommodations,
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transportation, State and local government
services, and telecommunications. *P.L. 101-
336 Americans with Disabilities Act prevents
discrimination based on ability.
1991 Kids Pix
1993 Oberti & Rachel H. &
Florence County S.D.
four vs. Carter & Zobrest
vs. Catalina Foothills S.D.
*Oberti and Rachel H. (Educating in regular
classrooms) The central issue in this case
concerns the appropriateness of an IEP which
recommended placement of the child in a
"segregated" program outside the child's "home"
district. Cases are proponents of the least
restrictive environment. *Florence County-
Tuition Reimbursement *Zobrest-Establised
clause in parochial schools.
1994 Parents of Student W. Parents of Student W.-Due Process: Ten Day
Rule. When a student poses a potential threat to
others he may be suspended for up to 10 days.
When suspension totals more than 10 days, this
constitutes a change in placement. In addition,
schools will have to judge whether handicapping
condition is the cause and if so whether the
student's current program and placement is
appropriate.
1995 Poolaw vs. Bishop Poolaw - Requirement that schools provide
Individualized programs tailored to the needs of
each child with disabilities must be balanced.
1996 Telecommunications Act of
1996 & Seattle School
District No. 1 vs. B.S. &
Fulginiti vs. Roxbury
Township Public Schools &
K.R. vs. Anderson
Community School
*Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of
1996 mandates that telecommunications
equipment and services - including cell phones
and plans - are provided so that someone with a
disability can use them.
*Seattle School District, No. 1 vs. B.S.
(placement of students) Whether the District
failed to provide FAPE. The facts at hearing
support a finding that the IEP as developed on
April 17, 2003 contained measurable goals in
the areas of math, interpersonal skill, and study
skills. The Parent agreed at hearing that the
goals were measurable. Parent’
s arguments to
the contrary in closing arguments were not
persuasive. The District met its burden to state
measurable goals in the areas identified as
necessary for the Student to receive FAPE.
*K.R. Private Schools
*Fulgrini The court especially focused on the
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tracheotomy tube, which required constant
monitoring and clearing of mucus. At first, the
public school provided a full-time nurse to
provide services to Carissa while at school. The
school determined that it was not required by
law to provide the services due to the "medical
nature" of these provisions. The Court ruled in
favor of the school - they were not required
under IDEA to provide medical services to the
student.
1997 Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act
Amendments of 1997 &
Morton Community Unit
School District No. 709 vs.
J.M. & Hartmann vs.
Loudon County B of Ed.
*This most recent legislation to address
students with disabilities amends and
reauthorizes IDEA. One change was parent
participation. Parents‟ right to be involved in
decision making was significantly expanded-
Prior to IDEA 97, parents were only guaranteed
to be part of the group that developed their
child’
s IEP. However, with IDEA 97 Congress
further strengthened and specified parents‟ role
in their child’
s IEP.
1999 Cedar Rapids Community
School District vs. Garret
F.
Cedar Rapids- Nursing as a related service.
Medical services are those offered by a
physician. Services that can be provided in
school by a nurse or layperson are excluded as
medical services.
2000 Children's Health Act A long term study of children's health and
development.
2001 No Child Left Behind Act &
President's Commission of
Excellence in Special
Education & Navin vs.
Park Ridge S.D. &
September 11th
*On October 3, 2001, President George Bush
established a Commission on Excellence in
Special Education to collect information and
study issues related to Federal, State, and
local special education programs with the goal of
recommending policies for improving the
education performance of students with
disabilities.
*On January 8, 2002, President George Bush
signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
This act reauthorized and amended federal
education programs established under the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA) of 1965.
*Navin- Non-custodial parents have the right to
participate in IEP meetings. Septermber
11:Terrorists attack the World Trade Center
2003 War in Iraq 2003 U.S goes to war with Iraq
2004 Assisstive Technology Act *The "Tech Act," as it is sometimes called, funds
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& Individuals with
Disabilities Education
Improvement Act
56 state programs designed to address the
assistive technology needs of individuals with
disabilities. *IDEA is reauthorized and aligned
with NCLB. The revision included early
assessment, early intervention,
Universal Design for Learning, and discipline
procedures.
2005 Schaffer vs. Weast &
Hurricane Recovery Act
*Schaffer-Party seeking due process bears the
burden of proof - this is seen as a victory for
school boards. *Due to Hurricane Katrina the
Hurricane Education Recovery Act was
established to educate those displaced by the
hurricane.
2006 Arlington Central S.D. vs.
Murphy
Arlington- No reimbursement for the cost of
experts (eg. Witnesses, consultants) under IDEA
2007 Winkleman vs. Parma City
S.D. & NYC Board of
Education vs. Tom F.
*Winkleman-Parents cannot legally represent
their children in court. * Tuition reimbursement
is guaranteed for enrollment of students with
disabilities in private institutions.
Highlights in the History of Special Education in the Philippines
Date Event
1907 Delia Delight Rice sailed from the United States to Manila on May 2007.
Shortly after her arrival, she found out the she has no students. But instead
of leaving, she looked for students in the provinces and found Paula
Felizardo first. More students enrolled in the School for the Deaf and the
Blind (SDB) after she successfully taught Paula in a few months.
Jan
1991
Silent Worker, an international publication for the hearing impaired,
acknowledged that SDB transferred to a new building.
1911 Ms. Rice married Ralph Webber. Although the marriage ended in 1913, her
official records were filed under her married name.
Feb
1912
Ms. Rice wrote an article in the Silent Worker and Wisconsin Times about
SDB’s new building.
1914 Rogelio Lagman, an SDB graduate who studied for a year in California,
came back and was in-charge of classes for the blind in SDB. He later left in
1920 to establish a carpentry shop that employs the blind.
1915 The Public Welfare Board was created to see social services. It was later
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abolished in 1921 and replaced by the Bureau of Public Welfare, under the
Bureau of Public Instruction.
1916 Ms. Rice worked on the possibility of sending Jose Servilles, an SDB
student, as the first Filipino Gallaudet University student.
1917 Gallaudet University President Percival Hall informed Ms. Rice that Jose
Servilles failed the Gallaudet University admission test.
Jan
1917
The Home for the Orphaned and Destitute Children was built. It was later
called Unit A and became one of the eight Welfareville Institutions under Act
3203, the “first socialized law the Philippines ever had under the American
regime.”
1920 Pedro Santos, another SDB graduate, studied in California for a year before
going to Gallaudet University.
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Welfareville, also known as the “Children’s Village,” was established in a
forty-hectare lot in Mandaluyong.
1926 Pedro Santos went back to the Philippines and established the Philippine
Association for the Deaf.
1949 The Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled started to
help in the rehabilitation of people with disabilities. Later on, they
facilitated teacher training in special education.
1955 Dr. Matilde Valdes’ interest in special education was ignited when she was
inadvertently hospitalized at the National Orthopedic Hospital.
May
1956
Ms. Amelita Lita Servando established the Special Child Study Center in
Manila, the first special school for children with mental retardation in the
Philippines.
1959 Special Child Study Center began to systematically train. They began with
two-month summer workshops which culminated their co-sponsorship of
the First Institute in Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded. The
other co-sponsors were the Bureau of Public Schools and Philippine Mental
Health.
Mar
1959
Bureau of Public Schools issued a memorandum that called for the
development of classes for educable students with mental retardation.
1959 Thirty-two first-year high school students were selected from several schools
using competitive tests and were put together in one class. They became the
first batch of the Manila Science High School in 1963.
1961 The SDB historical marker was unveiled during the honorary dinner for
Delia Delight Rice which she attended.
1962 The First National Seminar in Special Education was held in the historic
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School for the Deaf and the Blind from November 29 to December 5.
July
1998
Centers for Excellence (CENTEX) schools for poor but bright children opened
in Manila.
1998 “Teaching Filipino Children with Autism,” the first reference book on autism
in the Philippines, was published.
Aug
2002
A National Workshop reviewed the accomplishments of the Asian Decade of
the Disabled.
2003 The Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities started and ended in
2012.
2007 UP-SPED publishes “Anno B?” an annotated bibliographies in Special
Education.
2007 Year-long centennial celebration of special education in the Philippines.
Disability Legislation from the National Council on Disability Affairs
(Formerly National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons)
Date Event
1954 RA 1179 - An Act to Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation of
the Blind and Other Handicapped Persons and Their Return to Civil
Employment
1963 RA 3562 - An Act to Promote the Education of the Blind in the Philippines
1965 RA 4564 - An Act Authorizing the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office to
Hold Annually Special Sweepstakes Race for The Exclusive Use of the Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation, Social Welfare Administration, in its
Development and Expansion Program for the Physically Disabled Throughout
the Philippines
1969 RA 5250 - An Act Establishing A Ten-Year Training Program for Teachers of
Special and Exceptional Children in the Philippines and Authorizing the
Appropriation of Funds Thereof
1989 RA 6759 - An Act Declaring August One of each Year as White Cane Safety
Day in the Philippines and for Other Purposes
1991 RA 7277 - An Act Providing for the Rehabilitation, Self-Development and Self-
Reliance of Disabled Persons and their Integration into the Mainstream of
Society and for Other Purposes
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Executive Orders (EO)
1987 EO 232 - Providing for the Structural and Functional Reorganization of the
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons and for other Purposes
1993 EO 385 - Creating a Task Force to Address the Concerns of the Persons with
Disabilities
2005 EO 417 - Directing the Implementation of the Economic Independence
Program for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
2005 EO 437 - Encouraging the Implementation of Community-Based
Rehabilitation (CBR) for Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines
Administrative Orders (AO)
2002 AO 35 - Directing all Departments, Bureaus, Government-Owned and/or
Controlled Corporations, Government Financial Institutions, Local
Government Units, State Universities/Colleges and Schools, and Other
Government/Instrumentalities to Promote and Conduct Relevant Activities
During the Annual Observance of the National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
Proclamations
1965 Proclamation 465 - Declaring the Last Week of February of Every Year as
Leprosy Control Week
1974 Proclamation 603 - Child and Youth Welfare Code
1975 Proclamation 1385 - Designating the Period from February 14 to 20, 1975,
and Every Year Thereafter, as “Retarded Children’s Week”
1979 Proclamation 1870 - Declaring the Third Week of July every Year as the
National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week
1991 Proclamation 829 - Declaring the Period from November 10-16 of Every Year
as “Deaf Awareness Week”
1993 Proclamation 125 - Proclaiming the Nationwide Observance in the Philippine
of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002
1994 Proclamation 452 - Declaring the Second Week of October of Every Year as
National Mental Health Week
1996 Proclamation 711 - Declaring the Third Week of January as Autism
Consciousness Week
2000 Proclamation 361 - Declaring the Third Week of July as the National
Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week which shall Culminate on the
Birthdates of the Sublime Paralytic: Apolinario Mabini on July 23 Each Year
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2001 Proclamation 92 - Declaring the Third Week of August of Every Year as Brain
Attack Awareness Week
2002 Proclamation 157 - Declaring the Month of February as “National Down
Syndrome Consciousness Month”
2002 Proclamation 240 - Declaring the Period from the Year 2003 to the Year 2012
as the Philippine Decade for Persons with Disabilities
2002 Proclamation 230 - Declaring the First Week of September of Every Year as
the “National Epilepsy Awareness Week”
2003 Proclamation 472 - Declaring the Third Week of October of Every Year as
“National Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) Awareness Week”
2004 Proclamation 588 - Declaring the Period from September 16 to 22, 2004 and
Every Year thereafter as Cerebral Palsy Awareness and Protection Week
2004 Proclamation 657 - Declaring the Year 2000-2010 as the “Bone and Joint
Decade”
2004 Proclamation 658 - Declaring the Third Week of October of Every Year as
“Bone and Joint (Musculo-Skeletal) Awareness Week”
2004 Proclamation 744 - Declaring the Last Monday of March of Every Year as
Women with Disabilities Day
2006 Proclamation 1157 - Declaring December 3, 2006 and Every Year Thereafter
as “International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines”
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