A BILL TO EXTEND THE EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED
ACT FOR THREE YEARS

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 9 AND 21, 1973

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana, Chairman

Billington, Ann, student, Gallaudet College, Washington, D.C.........
Burgdorf, Marcia, project attorney, National Center for Law and the
Handicapped, South Bend, Ind..

Charron, Mrs. Rita, National Association for Retarded Children,
Governmental Affairs Committee_-
Connor, Frances, chairman, Department of Special Education,
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N. Y
Cunningham, Glenn, Ph. D., representing the National Easter Seal
Society for Crippled Children and Adults, and an olympic star...
Dinger, Jack, president elect, Council for Exceptional Children, and
chairman of the Department of Special Education, Slippery Rock
State College, Slippery Rock, Pa. Accompanied by: Willian Geer,
executive secretary, Council for Exceptional Children, and Frederick
J. Weintraub, assistant executive secretary, Council for Exceptional
Children.

Johns, Elizabeth, representative, American Speech and Hearing
Association, and Msgr. John Hourihan, representative, Council
on Education of the Deaf, New Jersey-.

Kurzman, Stephen, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, HEW, Dr.
Edwin Martin, and Judy Pitney----

Marsh, Mrs. Dorothy, special education consultant, Lincoln Center,
accompanied by Janet Rhoads ____

Nolan, Lloyd, stage and screen actor, honorary chairman of the
National Society of Autistic Children, accompanied by Mrs. Mary
Akerley.

Ohrtman, Dr. William F., director, Bureau of Special Education,
Pennsylvania, Herbert D. Nash, and Earl B. Anderson...
Rettie, Dwight F., executive director, National Recreation and Park
Association, accompanied by Mrs. Thomas W. Sarnoff and David
Park

Ross, Clarke, Federal programs consultant, United Cerebral Palsy
Association: accompanied by Una Haynes, associate director and
nurse consultant, Professional Services Program Department,
United Cerebral Palsy Association....

Schloss, Irvin P., coordinator of government relations, American
Foundation for the Blind, accompanied by John Nagle..
Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

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Charron, Mrs. Rita, Governmental Affairs Committee, National As-
sociation for Retarded Children, testimony of....
Connor, Frances, chairman, Department of Special Education,
Teachers College, Columbia University, statement of--
Council for Exceptional Children, publication entitled "A Continuing
Summary of Pending and Completed Litigation Regarding the
Education of Handicapped Children”

Dinger, Dr. Jack C., president-elect, The Council for Exceptional
Children and professor and chairman, Department of Special
Education, Slippery Rock State College, statement of
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Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.—Continued

"Let Me Learn With the Other Kids," article in Learning Magazine.. Marsh, Mrs. Dorothy, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., statement of.

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Nagle, John F., chief of the Washington Office, National Federation of the Blind, statement of ....

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Nolan, Lloyd, honorary chairman, National Society for Autistic
Children, statement of___

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"Public Education for the Blind," article in Learning Magazine_-
Rettie, Dwight F., executive director, National Recreation and Park
Association, statement of..

Ross, Clarke, Federal programs consultant, statement in behalf of
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc...

Schloss, Irvin P., coordinator of government relations, American
Foundation for the Blind, statement of...

Weintraub, Frederick J., assistant executive director for governmental relations, the Council for Exceptional Children, letter to Chairman Brademas, dated June 8, 1973-.