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A chapter of Sociology Ph.D student Benjamin DiCicco-Bloom's dissertation was recently selected for the "Graduate Student Paper Award" of the Disabilities Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Benjamin's dissertation is titled, "The New Normal: Families, Autism, and the Transition to Adulthood."