"A lot of the older students were floored that I was blind - 'you are blind like me and you are a teacher'," says Jones.
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The connection to her students can be experienced through a gallery of finished paintings and abstract art. Students of all ages worked on the projects.
Many of the projects are used with familiar household objects - a spaghetti strainer is a robot's head, a guitar is a beach bum's body, and a spray bottle was turned inot a duck.
Ashley Morriseau comes 40 miles to attend the school. When someone sees her art, she wants them to be motivated to help others, like her teacher has helped her.
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"Before her, I did not know my imagination was this big. She showed me that," Morisseau says.
The students showing their work is one more step to expressing their capability to move beyond limitations.
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