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Chapter 1

Exceptionality and Special Education

TermDefinition
Disability an inability to do something, a diminished capacity to preform in a specific way.
Handicap is a disadvantage imposed on an individual.
Prevalence the percentage of a population or number of individuals having a particular exceptionality
Special Education specially designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student and that requires special materials, teaching techniques, equipment, and/or facilities.
Deinstitutionalization A social movement starting in the 1960s whereby large numbers of people with intellectual disabilities and/or mental illnesses moved from large mental institutions into smaller community homes or into homes of family.
Inclusion Mainstreaming the idea of placing students with disabilities in general education classes and other school activities.
Education for All Handicapped Children Act Also known as public law 94-142 which became law in 1975.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) The federal law requires that to receive funds under that act, the school must offer a free appropriate public education for every child between 3-21, regardless of how or how seriously he or age may be disabled.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) The law was reauthorized in 2004 and the name was changed.
Hydrocephalus A condition characterized by enlargement of the head because of excessive pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid
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