Children previously seen as uneducable moved into education responsibility.
The Education of Handicapped Children Act 1970 transferred responsibility for many disabled children's education from health authorities to education authorities.
This was a major step away from the idea that some children were outside education altogether.
The word handicapped is now outdated, but the shift was important. It said disabled children were children to be educated, not simply patients to be managed.
No child is outside learning. The method must change, not the child's right to education.
A common mistake is ignoring how recent this shift is. The idea that all disabled children are entitled to education had to be fought into law.
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.