Abstract
The constitutional right of handicapped children to an appropriate education has been established through recent courtroom victories and the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975. However, the adequacy of programs for severely handicapped citizens has not been legally defined. That has become the responsibility of professional educators, who must resist the pressures to approve less than adequate programs if the promise of the recent legal victories is to be fulfilled.
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