Impact of P.L. 94-142 on the Handicapped Child and Family: Institutional Responses.

The article cites key findings from a two-year study designed to examine the effects of Public Law 94-142, or the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, on a small sample of handicapped children and their families in the United States. Key issues discussed include several institutions' response to the mandates of the law as shown by the way they serve handicapped children, as well as an analysis of the human, instructional, administrative and fiscal consequences of implementing the said law.