Leslie Michelle Touw:  

Brief Bio since 1973 I graduated from Skidmore with a double major -degrees in Psychology and in Elementary Education = then From Lesley Graduate School, Cambridge MA with a Masters in Special Education- Severe Special Needs. For 40 years I taught children aged 3-18 with Autism Spectrum Disorders in private and public schools as well as in their homes. For 20 of those years I also owned a consulting business, Spectrum Services, presenting at 20+ conferences and conducting teacher trainings throughout Massachusetts. I plan to run a website providing information, tips learned and providing materials for free for teachers, parents as well as autistics but it has to wait for now as half my weekends are spent caring for my parents. I was married to an artist, Bryant Wood, also from Skidmore (now deceased), divorced in 1982. Following the divorce I lived in Lyon, France 1982-3 to learn to speak French fluently, traveling to Greece, Switzerland, Pakistan & Thailand. In 1985 I met and soon married Adrian Touw, a Dutchman from Amsterdam. Still love him madly! We live in Concord, MA. A world traveler himself, we love traveling and hiking. Favorites- The alps (Swiss & Italian), Rome, Morocco, EGYPT and the Galapagos. Also music!-Blues, jazz, Nuevo Tango, going to many concerts, from early music (1300's) to Mahler, Elgar & Vaughn Williams & Montreal ...Expand for more