A new program on Long Island is giving young adults with special needs a chance to bake together.

Special Sweets launched Thursday at the Nassau Boards of Cooperative Educational Services in Garden City.

Patty Castrogiavanni, a teacher's aide, created Special Sweets after she realized her students had aged out of many opportunities.

She started the programs in her home and now it has become a full-time venture.

Nassau BOCES heard about the program and offered them a space to do their cooking.

"Every day is a new adventure - every day they grow in ways that I could never imagine," Castrogiavanni says.

The participants of the program say making cupcakes in the program is hard work but also fun.