Individuals with disabilities have existed since the beginning of time, but services to educate them have not. In the United States, special education services began at the end of the 18th century for students with sensory impairments. Early in the 19th century, children who were considered to be “idiots” or “insane” were first given opportunities at schooling. Today, in the United States, these children are said to have intellectual disabilities and emotional or behavioral disorders. Children were offered an asylum for protection from the world around them. Now children with disabilities in the United States are given full educational services regardless of the disability and many are fully included in general education classrooms and schools.