
After 50 years, is the future of special education in jeopardy?
Published 12/4/2025

Published 12/4/2025
Fifty years ago, special education in America was born.In 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the landmark law known today as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA.It guaranteed all children with disabilities the right to a "free appropriate public education."Now, amid the Trump…