Thesis

"You Can’t":

The Rights and Responsibilities of Neurodivergent Children

Thesis

The passage of Public Law 94-142, also known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, established a legal foundation for the rights of children with disabilities in the United States. It included a mandate for free and appropriate public education access, marking the clear responsibilities of public education and the modifications that shape current policies.

"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits."

Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964

Closer Look: The Next Civil Rights Movement 1968. Courtesy of the Disability History Museum