Occupational Therapy :Living Life touts Fullest! Lived Experience Interview of Dr. Anna Zachary, PhD, OTR/L

Dr Anne Zachary describes her loved experience as a huge agent of change in the occupational therapy profession. Dr. Zachary serves as the Occupational Therapy Chair and Associate Professor at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis TN

An unexpected turn can take you to better things

My sister, Joanna Roman who is 27 saw her life differently from when she was a teenager. She imagined it differently but it shaped her into a better and led her to a career she enjoys.

Special educations students being forgotten about in harsh nyc school system
November 23, 2018 App Interview

Uncle Phil discusses discusses segregation in the funding of New York City public schools that are mostly minorities

My brother, Wil.

In this, I interviewed my brother with Aspergers. I asked him questions about his life, but as you see he doesn’t directly mention his autism.

Adelphi University Social Action Economic Injustice- Group 14-Leo F. Giblyn Educator Interview

This interview was conducted as a social action project to highlight the challenges, barriers and needs, that communities facing economic injustice face in the educational system. In this interview, four dedicated teachers (who wished to have their names anonymously tagged)...

Struggles to Opportunity with Gail Orzechowski and Sofie LaFratta

Sofie LaFratta interviewed Gail Orzechowski about how growing up with a sister with severe autism translated into her future career as an elementary school teacher. She opens up about the importance of vulnerability and how being vulnerable created a lot...

Growing up with autism

Interviewing my dad and asking questions about growing up with me and asking about my future.

Christy, a former PAT home visiting participant shares what it was like to be a first time mom of a child with the diagnosis of Autism.

“I finally called Parents as Teachers when he was three. He was getting thrown out of preschool classrooms, and not allowed to come back. I realized I needed some help. I needed someone to just give it to me straight....

Raising a child with autism

Janice Kern talks about the journey of one of her sons, Charlie, and how he was able to attend college after being diagnosed with autism at the age of 2.

Teaching Special Education in a Pandemic

For my interview I talked to my mom, Laura Griffin, who is a special education teacher at a middle school in Eugene, Oregon. I learned a lot about the struggles she has experienced as a teacher, and how she has...

Isaac interviews Grandpa Roth
November 27, 2017 App Interview

Isaac, 16, interviews his maternal grandfather at thanksgiving. Isaac, who has ASD and is keenly interested in things mechanical, asks Richard about his career, service in the Coast Guard, and whether he ever felt "different" as a person who most...

Lesson Plan Interview

We touched on Texas history in Gonzales, segregation issues that existed through the 70s, and the evolution of special education.

Raising Autism

The struggle of being the mother of an autistic child.

COVID-19 in academics

interview with a special education coordinator on how coronavirus has changed her career and her daily life

The Life of Jennifer Nixon

A short interview talking about raising children and going through life with a learning disability

My Autistic Sister, Sara

My younger sister, Sara, is autistic but it doesn’t stop her from being an amazing person.

"I just hope [my students] say I was kind"

Katharine Little (21) interviews Karen Carmen Little (57) about her experience teaching special education in South Jersey at the turn of the 21st century.

“Your biggest fan” interview with Myles

I talked to my friend Myles who is 8 years old. Myles has autism. I asked him what he likes and dislikes. He was very funny and crazy!

Having a brother with Autism.

In this interview, I asked questions of Nicolas Faucette. Nicolas is a younger sibling of CJ who has Autism. We are being to see his insight of what it is like to be a sibling of a child with special...

30 mins with Mom

I learned a lot about my mom and she learns a bit about me.