Lavoie's workshop provokes an emotional response. After seeing life through the eyes of a child with special needs, I can't help but have a more meaningful understanding of what people, especially children with disabilities, face every day, everywhere. Over the many years that I have worked with children with various disabilities, I have encountered each of the topics discussed in Lavoie's seminar and agree with the points he raises regarding children with disabilities. Particularly impactful on how I interact with my students are topics regarding: anxiety, reading comprehension, and fairness. A child with learning disabilities can easily develop anxiety at any time of the day. Lavoie demonstrates how anxiety can develop in the classroom when teachers use sarcasm, give quick instructions, demand quick answers, and act in an intimidating manner. Lavoie says children with disabilities don't understand sarcasm and it stays with the child all day, but adults will forget what they said within minutes (Rosen, Lavoie, Eagle Hill School Outreach, Peter Rosen