Barbara D. Bateman

Barbara Bateman, Ph.D., J.D., began her special education career in the 1950s in public schools and institutions where she taught children who had mental retardation, visual impairments, autism, speech and language disorders, dyslexia and other disabilities. She conducted research on learning disabilities with Dr. Samuel Kirk at the University of Illinois. In 1966 she returned to Oregon and since then has taught special education and special education law from the University of Oregon School of Law. Presently, Dr. Bateman is …