LETTER: Thank You, Elliot Steeves, for Your Inspirational Writer's Block Piece
I am responding to the article written by Elliot Steeves. As a retired Special Education teacher, I can recall several students who met the self-description of Elliot Steeves on his diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome, which was eventually absorbed into the Autism Spectrum Disorder. All of my students had an Individual Education Plan, with defined goals and progress reports. One student who comes to mind was a math whiz, whose IEP defined specific behavior goals. When this student met his defined expectations, he came to my classroom, and played classical music on the piano, a common like the two of us shared. ...