It is a great honor to speak to future teachers in special
education. I began my life in special education of the most restrictive sort.
My early years had to be my hardest because I had no voice at all. I want to
challenge you to be open to teaching those who may currently lack the ability
to show their intelligence, but who still deserve the opportunity to learn.
It is hard to be a
teacher of kids who don’t communicate. The kids don't have writing, or
gestures, or speech, or facial expressions, but that doesn’t mean they can’t
think. Lack of communication isn’t only a sign of cognitive delay.
I’ll give you an idea of my early life in my low, remedial
autism class. My teacher was warm, but there was no instruction of any kind
beyond the weather, 1+1, and ABC. Forever. I think it is pretty boring, don’t
you? It is worse when people treat you like you’re not intelligent. Baby talk
and high fives and “good jobs” instead of normal communication.
I think the idea that all non-verbal people with autism have
receptive language processing delay is not accurate. I don’t have receptive
language issues but I sat in this classroom for years, unable to show my true
capacity.
It is important to not be overly confident or certain when
you deal with people who can’t communicate. In fact, it is essential to have an
open-mind, because more kids than you imagine are like me. How people escape
this prison varies, but we must have the opportunity.
I feel that you, who are embarking on new careers in special
education, need to know that a kid like me will be in your class – that is, a
kid like me before letter board or iPad – who just can’t get his ideas
out. To be a great teacher you can’t be
his prison guard. To be a great teacher you must find intelligence and give the
hope of freedom in communication. To be a great teacher you must give a real
education to those kids who may look stupid in the eyes of many, but who think,
and feel, and pray every day for the chance to show who they are inside.
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