George Shearing Quotes

My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

I'd like to work with kids in special education - younger kids.

I was always interested in working with people with disabilities, and in high school I worked with people who had Down Syndrome. That was for an agency called AHRC, Association for the Help of Retarded Children. Then I went to college, and throughout college I volunteered for AHRC.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

By including children with different learning abilities in mainstream and specialized schools, we can change attitudes and promote respect. By creating suitable jobs for adults with autism, we integrate them into society.

I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.

I have a special child and there are not a lot of services around for that special child, and so we picked out a school that would be a very good school for her.

Of course I read Braille, yes.

When you see the poet laureate saying that every child should have read 'Ulysses' and that you're just giving up on children if you think it's elitist - does that include children with special needs or whose first language isn't English?

It could be easy to get frustrated or discouraged when it comes to educating students with disabilities. But that's because there are too often artificial barriers and roadblocks that limit your ability to focus on meeting their individual needs.

I think we have to think about strategies that will help kids who have disabilities.

We have developed overlays for the keys of the cash registers with the help of the Braille Institute, so that blind crew members can take orders and help our guests.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

I've got one grandson gone to MIT. Another grandson had been in the American school here. Because he was dyslexic, and we then didn't have the teachers to teach him how to overcome or cope with his dyslexia, so he was given exemption to go to the American school. He speaks like an American. He's going to Wharton.

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.

The only way to ensure that our promise to provide every opportunity for students with disabilities, and help them achieve their full potential, is to give our schools the dollars they need.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

My plan B, if acting doesn't work out, is to work with disabled children.

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.

The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.

My most memorable teacher was Rich Campe, my third-grade teacher at Fairlands Elementary in Pleasanton, California.

There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They haven't been trained. It's really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it.

To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House.