Archive: Biographies

Otto Lana is a high school senior and lives in San Diego. He is an award winning poet, an accomplished film maker, actor, lyricist, and has been lending his voice as a self advocate championing…

Isabella is a 20 year-old diploma bound homeschool student. As a limited speaking autistic, Isabella was largely misunderstood due to her sensory and motor differences. Being unable to communicate meant she was often presumed incompetent…

Emma Cladis is a college sophomore majoring in English at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. She has autism and mainly communicates by typing but is now beginning to use spoken communication. Emma was diagnosed…

Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD); Occupational Therapy Masters (MAOT); University of Southern California BA Environmental Studies, with a focus on Environmental Education; New College of Florida, honors college Ayres Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT –…

Brooke Wagner, MA has been an RDI® Program Certified Consultant since 2004 and is the Founder and CEO of Therapeutic Approach to Growth. She has supported individuals with special needs both locally and internationally since…

Dr. Susanne Smith Roley is an occupational therapy with over 40 years of experience in pediatric practice, specializing in child development, sensory integration, learning difficulties, visual impairment, and autism. She obtained her BS in OT…

Bob Miller is a Traditional Naturopath specializing in the field of genetic-specific nutrition. He earned his naturopathic degree from Trinity School of Natural Health and is board certified through the ANMA. In 1993, he opened…

Dawnmarie is the founder of Spellers Center – San Diego, cofounder of the Spellers Method, an Assistive Technology Specialist (AT-ACP), and executive producer of the award-winning SPELLERS documentary released at the Phoenix Film Festival in…

Alexander (Alex) Morris-Wood is the Associate Vice President of Transitions & The Student Experience at Beacon College (Leesburg, FL).  There, he designed Navigator PREP, the country’s first virtual transition-to-college program for students with learning and…

Gail Ludwig, MA, is an RDI® program certified consultant and a licensed speech/language pathologist. Graduating with a Master’s in Speech Pathology in 1982, she has been a practicing speech/language pathologist for over 30 years. She…