
Why This Special Ed Teacher Left the System to Build Her Own Agency | Amelia Zephyr
Summary
Amelia Zephyr spent years as a special education teacher helping young children with developmental delays, autism, dyslexia and dysgraphia. She saw the same problems repeatedly: bureaucratic delays, kids expected to learn "in one box," and families left to figure out a complicated education system on their own. When her own daughter was diagnosed with autism at 18 months, and she began navigating the early intervention process as a parent, that's when she decided to do something about it.
In January 2024, she founded Creative Foundations, an early intervention agency serving young…
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