Arkansas Tech University is in the process of developing a makerspace that will help ATU education students learn how to better serve students with autism and other exceptionalities.
“Autism is something that I am very passionate about,” said Dr. Katie Myers, ATU assistant professor of curriculum and instruction and program director for special education in the ATU Department of Teaching and Educational Leadership. “It’s one of the things I require my students to tell me…what are you going to do in your classroom for your students who have been diagnosed with autism? What can that look like?”
Those questions sparked Myers’ desire to provide students with a distinctive real-world experience that would complement their classroom learning. She…
