# TIME Innovative Teacher Helps Students with Disabilities Tap Their Superpowers

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/time-innovative-teacher-helps-students-with-disabilities-tap-their-superpowers-3/
- Published: 2022-08-21T09:00:28-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo credit:  Aleksandar Nakic / Getty Images. Article by Rebecca Torchia. EdTech – August 9, 2022. When Joann Blumenfeld, an educator with the Wake County Public School System, looks at her students, she doesn’t see disabilities — she sees superpowers. “We need to flip the mindset that these kids have disabilities,” says Blumenfeld, a special education teacher and founder of Catalyst, a STEM program for high school students with disabilities. “They have different superpowers.” Blumenfeld was recognized as a TIME Innovative Teacher of the Year […] Click here to view original web page at edtechmagazine.com