I am a retired special education teacher with 35 years experience. I started my career working with emotionally disabled high school students. I then transferred to a self-contained class in the high school and taught students with autism, Down's syndrome and other learning disabilities. I was fortunate to say I loved going to work every day!

I am also the mother of a 24 year old son with autism. My son has not only made me a better teacher but a better person. I am lucky that he ca...