I am a national speaker, author, and special education teacher.I speak to audiences about the power of positive relationships, overcoming disabilities and adversity, educational and social equity for persons with disabilities, and the gifts and talents of persons with disabilities.I use poetry, anecdotes, and humor to express the power of positive relationships I build with students of diversity. Growing up with Tourette's syndrome, and then later sustaining a brain injury and speech impediment, life was tough, but through the power of positive relationships in my life, I was able to defy the odds and achieve educational success by earning two master's degrees and going on to be a successful special education teacher, impacting the lives of my students the same way my life needed to be impacted.For more information about my speaking services and or my book, please visit my website: www.teacherwithtourettes.com