Special Discoveries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
100% of donations go directly toward programs to benefit children with special education needs.
Your donation is tax deductible!
 Inga Smith is Founder and Executive Director of Special Discoveries. She is a business leader and a mom of two children with autism. Inspired by her children's unique learning abilities, she has leveraged Assistive Technology to enable her children's success in the classroom, at home, and in the community. She founded Special Discoveries as a way to augment programs needed to support children with autism and related disorders in Chapel Hill. She has presented at many professional organizations including the Assistive Technology Resource Center in North Carolina, ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association), and UNC-TEACCH Chapel Hill. She has supported the TEACCH program and its structured and visually-supportive teaching methodology by presenting on the NBC Today Show Series, "Autism: The Hidden Epidemic? and the NY Times: "Autism Therapies Still a Mystery, But Parents Take a Leap of Faith". She is a published author of a variety of teaching tools and schools across the U.S. are actively using these tools in their classrooms.As a Ph.D. Candidate in Exceptional Student Education, she is researching ways to improve occupational outcomes for individuals with high-functioning autism. Ms. Smith holds a B.S. in Math Education and has extended her Masters in Business Administration degree with Duke University's Certificate in Nonprofit Management. |