Special education is an endless story of people.

- It is the story of a toddler with multiple disabilities who benefits from early intervention services.

- It is the story of a child with intellectual disabilities whose parents and educators work together to ensure that they participate in school and extracurricular activities with their peers.

- It is the story of a middle school student with learning disabilities who helps their parents and teachers design an educational program that builds on their strengths and addresses their weaknesses.

- It is the story of a gifted and talented child who provides new solutions to old problems, the high school student with cerebral palsy who learns English as a second language, and the young woman with visual impairments who recently moved into her own apartment and uses the city bus to get to work.

- Special education is also the story of the parents and families of children with special needs and the educators and professionals who work with them.

This book, in its 14 chapters, unfolds this "endless story of people" with the guidance of 18 distinguished educators in special and general education, who share their knowledge and personal experiences gained from the highly diverse and dynamic field of special education.