“My goal is to normalize the diversity of the human condition.”
Christopher Ulmer is a special education teacher from Jacksonville, Florida, who founded Special Books by Special Kids.
Christopher Ulmer / Via Speicla Books by Special Kids
Special Books by Special Kids is a Facebook page and website where Ulmer posts video interviews of all of his students and other children from across the U.S. who have varying degrees of mental and physical disabilities. And as of today, it is officially a registered non-profit organization! Check out their official announcement here.
Check out the most viewed video, in which Ulmer interacts with an autistic student who loves animals and different biomes:
Christopher Ulmer / Via Facebook: specialbooksbyspecialkids
Ulmer told BuzzFeed that he initially wanted to tell his students’ stories in a book, but he was rejected by over 50 publishers. And whenever he’d try to write down his experiences, he realized it didn’t give him the same emotional reaction as watching and interacting with it in a video would.
“Human emotion loses translation in print,” he said.
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