Cheryl Swope, M.Ed., author of Simply Classical: A Beautiful Education for Any Child and creator of the award-winning Simply Classical Curriculum for Special Needs, has a master’s degree in special education and homeschooled her adopted twins from their infancy through high school graduation. Both twins have autism, adhd, learning disabilities, and schizophrenia. Cheryl and her husband live together with the children, now young adults, in a quiet lake community in southeast Missouri.