South Florida students with special needs are learning some valuable life skills in a creative way. Jordan Kissane shows us in this 7Spotlight.

The shelves at this South Florida store are lined with handmade scented candles, soaps and scrubs.

Daniella, student: “The favorite one is Cactus Flower and Jade.”

They’re all made by students from Learning Links, a school for children and young adults with autism and other disabilities. Students receive an education and are taught skills that can later help them find jobs.

Yarisa Echevarria, Founder of Learning Links: “Life skills and certain skills that don’t necessarily come natural to our students, and we help them through that. We give them the hands on to make all these things that they learn all of a sudden make sense to them.”

Teacher:

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