Special education student Molly Limmer’s younger sister, Lucy, is 17 years old. Lucy loves goldfish, spaghetti and listening to Barney on repeat. Lucy is very low-functioning on the autism spectrum. Autism takes a front row seat in Limmer’s life. “Not a day goes by that I’m not aware of autism and its effects on others,” Limmer said. It was for this reason that … [Read more...] about Drawn to teaching, drawn to special education
Beckman and Ortman are special education teachers in the Ozark (Mo.) R-VI School District. They earned their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Missouri State University and were frequent classmates in the College of Education, quickly bonding over a common interest in special education studies. “We were both like-minded, always wanting to know what the best practices are, … [Read more...] about Technology helps alumni improve special education