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I worked with a non-profit whose mission focused on inclusion programs. I think it would be wonderful for students with special needs to go through recruitment and find a home if they so chose.
One thing I did learn while working with this non-profit is that there is a whole set of vocabulary that is more "PC." For example, saying a child "has autism" as apposed to "the child is autistic" or referring to myself as someone without a disability as apposed to "I am normal." (Believe me, lots of people use the normal thing... it's crazy.) If anything it opened my eyes to these disabilities and how including children and adults in activities, like recruitment, can be very beneficial to their development.
So maybe slipping a small sheet of paper in a recruitment workshop packet regarding proper terminology could be helpful. If no one comes through recruitment with a disability, I suppose it would just be good to know anyway.
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