Michael Kersjes speaks to workers during the Disability Awareness and Action Working Group event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Michael Kersjes, author and former special education teacher and football coach from Michigan, speaks to workers during the Disability Awareness and Action Working Group, or DAAWG, event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The theme of his presentation was "Power of the Human Spirit."

Kersjes is the author of the book, "A Smile as Big as the Moon," which told the true story of how he worked to get special education students into Space Camp, a competitive education program at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. His book was made into a movie in 2012. For information on Kennedy's diversity programs, visit http://odeo.ksc.nasa.gov. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett