handicapped

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This was followed by the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975, which required public schools to educate children with disabilities.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

With an up-close look at the inequities and indignities that disabled people had to plow through, she became an advocate for disabled people and for years served on the California Assn. of the Physically Handicapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2019

Washington’s law became a model for the federal Education for All Handicapped Children Act passed in 1975.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2018

It took another 12 years for the Education for All Handicapped Children Act to establish the right to a public education for children with disabilities.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2016

Dad pulls into a Handicapped Spot right by the cafeteria door and I tell him, You can’t park here, but he turns off the engine and opens his door and says, This counts.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine