Pacific University debuts sensory rooms to help students keep calm and succeed in the classroom

Pacific University debuts sensory rooms to help students keep calm and succeed in the classroom

College life can be nerve-racking.There are hard deadlines, final exams, crowded lecture halls and loud assemblies. These are all things that can cause a lot of stress for the average person.But college can be even more stressful for the growing number of students who identify as autistic or neurodivergent and process information in different ways. Pacific University graduate Nicollet Young recalled a harrowing classroom experience involving a f…