Cerebral Palsy

"We do not segregate for the benefit of the disabled."Kunc said the best way to educate students with special needs is by fully integrating them into the education process."No matter how good of a swimming instructor you are, you can't teach someone to swim in the parking lot of a swimming pool," Kunc joked.

He said disabled students need to be part of the classroom, where they can witness appropriate behaviors and model them.Early in his education, Kunc was enrolled in a speech therapy class.

He had been petitioning school administrators for enrollment in a regular high school and informed his speech therapist of this desire."What's the point of speaking clearly if you have no friends to speak to?

" Kunc asked jokingly.After his enrollment in a regular high school, Kunc said through interaction with other students his speech improved dramatically.

"Segregation undermined my ability to take something like speech therapy and apply it in a regular environment," he said.

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