Special Education Law Presentation (Essay Sample)

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Hello, my name is Tucker, and for this presentation, I will be talking about resources for parents of students with disabilities.
Historically, before the mid-1960s, disability was perceived as an abnormality or "freak of nature." This period was characterized by increasingly high rates of isolation and seclusion as a result of the marginalization and victimization of people living with disability in the United States society (Sands, Kozleski, & French, n.d.). Most children were often denied access to equitable education and learning opportunities due to shortages of informal learning institutions for people with disability. However, the United States society has witnessed a significant shift regarding special needs education since the 1970s. Judicial rulings played a key role in fostering changes in special needs education (Sands, Kozleski, & French, n.d.).  
Pennsylvania Assn. for Retarded Children vs. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (PARC) was a major judicial proceeding that allowed for parents’ engagement in education placement of special needs education (H. C. R. L, Laskin, & Cohen, 2014); PARC was concerned with the segregation of mentally retarded learners from public institutions. The United States supreme court ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 is also a major landmark in special needs education; the ruling saw enhanced equity in the quality of learning in segregated schools in four states in the country. The creation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975 was a major milestone in special needs education as it fostered the recognition of disabled people and protected their privileges (Poppen & Alverson, 2018). The law underwent various amendments in 1990 with the creation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and later in 2004 after its authorization (Poppen & Alverson, 2018).
Various judicial proceedings and court cases have significantly impacted the nature of special needs education in contemporary society.
The case of Winkelman v. Parma City School District in 2007 was a major landmark concerning the advocacy and representation of special needs education and parents in the United States judicial system. In the case, Jeff and Sandee Winkelman, parents to a disabled boy, Jacob, sued Parma City School District, claiming the school's failure to offer free appropriate private education as required by IDEA. The appeal case saw the reversal of the Sixth Circuit by the court, which ruled that non-lawyer parents were at liberty to appear in court and represent the interests of their disabled children when aggrieved (Salmon Library, 2020). The court also held that IDEA provides parents with enforceable rights to participate in their disabled children's school placement processes and appear in court to challenge school placement inconsistencies.
In a different case, Forest Grove School District v. T.A. (2009), the United States supreme court held that the reimbursement for special education in private schools was necessary if a public school fails to offer Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) (Salmon Library, 2020). In the case, the complainant argued that Forest Grove School District should reimburse him with tuition fees in a private school as it had neglected its responsibility in offering FAPE to the learner. However, the accused argued that T.A was not eligible for reimbursement as he had individually left the institution and did not receive special needs educ