National Special Education Day

Name: National Special Education Day
Start: 2026-12-02
End: 2026-12-02

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Celebrating the law that guaranteed every child a real education.

National Special Education Day marks December 2, 1975, when President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, later renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Before this law, millions of children with disabilities were excluded from public schools or