Mountain State Spotlight, Times West Virginian – For 40 years in Marion County, Gia Deasy taught special education classes, then worked as the county special education director. She advocated for decades for federal laws to protect people with disabilities, once segregated in institutions.
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Now, laws protect children who need accommodations at public schools like extra time for tests, access to braille and text-to-speech technology.
“It’s good for me to sit next to a kid that has a disability, and it’s good for a kid with a disability to be seated next to me,” Deasy said, “Because we’re all going to share this planet together.”
