Classrooms that include students with diverse physical and intellectual capacities improve learning outcomes for all.
has promised a free appropriate public education at public expense to disabled kids in the least restrictive environment possible.
Being underestimated, she explains, was extremely frustrating. “I was constantly trying to make sense of the world around me,” she explains. “Speech is a motor movement. Language is a cognitive function. They are often conflated to the detriment of non-speaking students.” Zimmerman, who has completed a master’s degree in education, now works full-time to promote educational equity.
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