Paula Kluth

Paula Kluth, Ph.D., is a consultant, author, advocate, and independent scholar who works with teachers and families to create inclusive, responsive, and engaging schooling experiences for students with disabilities and their peers. A former K–12 special educator, she has served as a classroom teacher, co-teacher, consulting teacher, inclusion facilitator, and university professor, teaching courses on inclusion and disability studies. Her professional interests include inclusive education, Universal Design for Learning, differentiated instruction, co-teaching, and supporting autistic students and those with complex support needs in general education classrooms.

Kluth is the author or co-author of more than 15 books on inclusive education and autism, including Joyful Learning: Active and Collaborative Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms, Universal Design Daily, 30 Days to the Co-Taught Classroom, Don’t We Already Do Inclusion?, You’re Going to Love This Kid!: Teaching Autistic Students in the Inclusive Classroom, Access to Academics: Critical Approaches to Inclusive Curriculum, Instruction, and Policy, A Land We Can Share: The Literate Lives of Students with Autism, You’re Welcome: 30 Innovative Ideas for Inclusive Schools, Just Give Him the Whale!, and A is for All Aboard. She also writes for children, co-authoring Pedro’s Whale and authoring Coaster, a