Introduction to Exceptional Children (K205) Practice Test 2026 - Free Practice Questions and Study Guide

Access to education for students with disabilities in the 1970s was very limited. The material notes that only a small portion of disabled children could go to school during that decade. This low level of access helps explain why later laws were enacted to guarantee a free appropriate public education for all students with disabilities. So the emphasis is on the small share of disabled kids who could attend school at that time, rather than higher levels of access.