Special Education Resources & Blog | So Very Spesh

Visual supports and social stories can make an enormous difference for neurodivergent children navigating new experiences. From reducing anxiety to increasing confidence and participation, accessible preparation helps children feel safe, informed, and included in the world around them.

I didn’t leave education—I left the classroom. I once planned to be a history teacher, but one unexpected opportunity working with a young man with autism changed my path. I loved teaching deeply, but I also care loudly, and eventually I couldn’t carry every gap alone. Leaving the classroom was hard and necessary. Now through Spesh, advocacy, and teaching at WKU, I’m still in education—just in a different form, on my own terms, building the dream I didn’t know I was already s