Peter Alumbaugh, a special education teacher from McDonald County R-1 School District , was featured on April 4th on KSMU radio, along with Project ACCESS Director, Joanie Armstrong, as part of Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month. The feature focused on Fashion Week, an event Alumbaugh sets up for students that is inclusive, with 50% of the models having developmental disabilities.

Alumbaugh, who was named McDonald County Teacher of the Year in 2017 after his first year of running the Autism Center at Anderson Elementary, discussed the positive impact he received from training, resources and support from Project ACCESS, particularly from Edna Smith, Ph.D., Autism Resource Specialist, Autism Team Coach, and Missouri Autism Consultant.

Read the article and listen to the KSMU broadcast at the following link: KSMU Feature

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