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Chapter 1
Special Education
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Disability | Inability to do something, a diminished capacity to perform in a specific way. | |
| Handicap | Any disability could be considered as handicap like difficulty to maintain any progress or success. | |
| Traumatic brain injury | It is a brain injury that happens with an outside force. | |
| Special Education | Instruction that helps students with different kinds of accommodations that best helps their needs as an individual. | |
| Emotional Disturbance | Mental Health Conditions | |
| Intellectual Disabilities | Affects a person's ability to learn, think, and perform tasks everyday | |
| Deinstitutionalization | Group of people lose their self-identity and self-awareness leading to behaviors | |
| The Education for all Handicapped children Act | A landmark federal law was passed in 1975 | |
| Individuals with Disabilities Education Act | A law that ensures students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education | |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | Law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities | |
| Litigation | Little or no effect on lives of individuals with disabilities |