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Campus & Community, Disabilities & Chronic Illnesses Week
May 27, 2015
Derek M. Kwait
Photo: Adaptations lounge event July 7 2013 | Photo Courtesy: JCC of Manhattan
Everyone is awkward when they start college. Eventually, most students find a group they feel comfortable with, build a community, and the awkwardness goes away. For students with special needs, however, that awkwardness can become a social stigma with aftereffects that can last a lifetime.
People with special needs often report feeling invisible to others, even
