Special education falls into the broad category of exceptional students. Exceptional students range from students reading years behind grade level to students reading years ahead. Within this broad spectrum, special education students are defined as individuals with special needs in order to address students' individual differences and needs. Through the use of inclusion classes, mainstreaming and individualized education plans, the needs of each individual student are met. private tutoring, private education or state schools for the disabled” (Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources). Before President Gerald R. Ford signed the Education for all Handicapped Children Act on December 2, 1975, “students with medical conditions that prevent or impair walking, developmental disabilities, or genetic conditions, such as Down syndrome, were often ignored, institutionalized, or kept at home without school” (Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources). After the entry into force of this law, the concept of “special needs” was reformed. Individuals understood the concept more thoroughly and tended to be more accepting of the idea. “Understanding of dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, auditory processing disorder, speech and language disorders, and other behavioral and neurological disorders has improved” (Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources). The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 required that all children, regardless of severity of disability, must receive FAPE from their local public school district. The meaning of...... half of the document ......ct." Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources. Ed. Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, and K. Lee Lerner. Detroit: Gale, 2006 . 459-462. Opposing Views in Context. Web. November 26, 2011. Fuchs, Lynn S. and Douglas Fuchs "Inclusive School Movement and the Radicalization of Special Education Reform: Research and Reading of Books, Journals, and Articles Questiona Online Library." Inclusive School Movement and the Radicalization of Special Education Reform 60 (1994). Questiona - Online Library of Books and Journals. Web. November 23, 2011.Schultz Stout, Katie. "Special Education Inclusion | Special Education | Resource pages on issues | Issues and Advocacy | WEAC | Special Education | Resource pages on issues | Issues and Advocacy | Wisconsin Education Association Board. "Wisconsin Education Association Board. March 15, 2007. Web. November 23. 2011.