As a special educator for more than 10 years I have serviced a variety of students with learning disabilities. I started as a special education teacher in 2004 in a small classroom of a center school for the disabled in Newark, NJ. As a new teacher I had to learn how to design my instruction for a classroom of students with a variety of disabilities such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, cognitive disabilities, and severe medical issues. It wasn't easy, but I found that there was a way to reach each and every student. I eventually went on to teach special education in a regular high school and middle school in south jersey. There I learned how to modify instruction in a way that gave disabled students access to the general education curriculum. It was an amazing journey and one that led me to become a learning consultant.