is the former assistant executive director of the Council for Exceptional Children. He currently provides consultation and technical assistance to local and state educational agencies on special education policy and administration.
Thank you for this wonderful experience. Years ago my teacher and mentor Dr. Frances Connor, called and told me I had the good fortune to become a charter member of the new Pioneers Division. I explained that I was not old enough. She said "send in the money." As always I did what she said.T. S. Eliot wrote: "Home is where you start from." CEC has always been my professional home and family. This event caused me great anxiety, for I am more used to honoring others. Yet, I am comforted to be here with generations of colleagues, who over the years have provided great wisdom, friendship, and support.
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