The Boulet settlement for the waiting list is finalized and implemented. The Rolland or Nursing…

Advent of the concept of support—recognizes that people should receive support to live their own…

Community Services become the norm; people look to housing for adults and independence.  

Special education and de-institutionalization take center stage; nonsent decrees usher in community services; ‘normalization’ becomes…

Chapters of The Arc expand their advocacy, convince school systems to offer programs and establish…

Families began to band together to support each other and to effect change in both…