Disabled children moved into education responsibility.
This Act transferred responsibility for many disabled children's education from health authorities to education authorities.
It helped establish that disabled children had a place within education rather than being treated only through health or care systems.
Education is a right, not a reward for fitting the standard model.
A common mistake is underestimating how recently some children were treated as outside education.
Who had power here, who was left outside, and what would have changed if the human being was seen first?
These deep dives open out from this part of the timeline.