In May 2012, after a long and impressive career, Luanna Meyer retired from her role as Professor of Education and Director of the Jessie Hetherington Centre for Educational Research at Victoria University. The tributes paid at her retirement ceremony bear testament to a woman who is held in high esteem in the educational community. In this interview, Meyer talks about her first experience with disability, how she ended up with Special Education which is her major passion and area of interest and research, New Zealand's present education system and how it can be made more inclusive in the future. (Contains 4 footnotes.)