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Government & Advocacy
- 1984 - Smith v. Robinson, 468 U.S. 992 - The Supreme Court ruled that Congress intended the The Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 to be the exclusive avenue through which a claim of discrimination against a child in school can be made and through which attorney's fees can be recouped.[1]
Births
- 1940 - Chuck Close - American photorealist. Close was dyslexic and had problems recognizing faces. Ironically, he is most known for his self-portraits.[2]
Deaths
- 1838 - Jean Marc Gaspard Itard - French physician. Itard was credited with describing the first case of Tourette syndrome in Marquise de Dampierre, a woman of nobility. He also invented the Eustachian catheter, which is sometimes known as "Itard's catheter".[3]
References
- ↑ "SMITH V. ROBINSON, 468 U. S. 992 (1984)." Justia.com. 1984. Justia & Oyez & Forms WorkFlow. Accessed on May 22, 2008.
- ↑ "Chuck Close." Interview by Judd Tully. Smithsonian Archives of American Art. May 14, 1987. Accessed on February 5, 2008.
- ↑ "What is Tourette syndrome?." Tourette Syndrome Association. Accessed 11 Feb 2005.
