Episode Three; Inspirational Teachers

This episode is an interview with a sophomore special education student named Matthew Fazekas who is telling his experience of being in class and the troubles he's had going through high school. Matthew talks about how nervous he was about making friends and doing well in class. The most inspirational part of the episode was how grateful he was towards his teachers. They inspired him to follow his dreams and now he has plans for college and wants to be a teacher. It makes me want to be THAT teacher that inspires a student to achieve their goals in the future and is there to watch them succeed and prosper.                                                                                  

Special Education Podcast Episode Two- Interview with a Student

This segment of the podcast is an interview with Josefina Bermudez who is an eleventh grade special ed student. The part of this interview that really hit home with me was when he asked her what her favorite part of going to school was. Josefina said that her favorite part was getting to learn new things. I love that that aspect was her favorite part because so many children take the education that they are privileged to receive, but Josefina was excited to go to school and learn.

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."- Gandhi

Speical Education Podcast Episode One- Autistic Teacher's Aid

This episode of the Special Eduction Podcast interviews an autistic teacher's aid named Danielle who works with special education students within an elementary school. She loves helping the children because, due to her diagnosis, she can relate to them and bring them out of their shells. She speaks out to the children and tells them to follow their dreams and that learning to cope with their disabilities does get easier and better. Her interview sheds a new light on how people with disabilities aren't helpless. Disabled adults and children have goals and dreams like everyone else, and Danielle wants the children to know that they can achieve those goals.

The podcast can be found on the link below if anyone else is interested in looking through the episodes. There are not many episodes, but I will be finding another Special Education Podcast after I am finished with this one.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/special-ed-podcast/id25430797

I am very interested in the Special Education field, especially autism, and would love comments regarding teaching methods, new research, etc.