Jill C. Dardig is Professor Emerita of Education at Ohio Dominican University where she trained special education teachers for 3 years. During a sabbatical, Jill was a consultant at Centro da Vilariñha, a program that taught daily living and vocational skills to teenagers and young adults with developmental disabilities, in Porto, Portugal. She has been a visiting professor at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan and presented workshops for teachers and parents in Europe, South America, and Asia. Dr. Dardig has written several books and other publications about and for parents including Involving Parents of Students with Special Needs: 25 Ready-to-Use Strategies (Corwin Press, 28). Jill has an A.B. from Mount Holyoke College and an M.Ed. and an Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts.

Early in their careers, Jill and Bill helped found an early intervention program for children with autism and other disabilities in western Massachusetts. 
Married for 45 years, Jill and Bill live in Worthington, Ohio.