special needs
plural nounDefinition of special needs
: any of various difficulties (such as a physical, emotional, behavioral, or learning disability or impairment) that causes an individual to require additional or specialized services or accommodations (such as in education or recreation)
students with special needs
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Better to consider leaving Betty’s share in a special needs trust to maintain the integrity of the funds. — Wesley E. Wright, Houston Chronicle, "Elder Law: How much money will you leave your children?," 16 Aug. 2019 There's no qualifying factors to get one of these creatures that have very special needs. — Gage Miskimen, USA TODAY, "More than 100 exotic animals found hoarded in Iowa apartment — many of them dead," 15 Aug. 2019 Which two dogs have been here the longest, with the most special needs? — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, "Woman Visits North Carolina Shelter to Adopt the Two Dogs that Have Been There the Longest," 9 Aug. 2019 The school system owns all the county’s special needs buses, four of which will be replaced this year and have cameras installed on them by the vendor, AngelTrax of Dothan, Alabama, Bendis said. — Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, "Harford school board OKs contracts for security cameras on new buses," 25 July 2019 Sandy Grow, a special needs educator at a Lehi middle school, said the massacres at Parkland and Sandy Hook left her feeling unsafe at work. — Morgan Smith, latimes.com, "A new staple of schoolteacher training: Active shooter drills," 7 July 2019 Sandy Grow, a special needs educator at a Lehi middle school, said the massacres at Parkland and Sandy Hook left her feeling unsafe at work. — Washington Post, "Armed Utah teachers practice responding to school shootings," 6 July 2019 Sandy Grow, a special needs educator at a Lehi middle school, said the massacres at Parkland and Sandy Hook left her feeling unsafe at work. — Morgan Smith, Anchorage Daily News, "Armed Utah teachers practice responding to school shootings," 6 July 2019 Sandy Grow, a special needs educator at a Lehi middle school, said the massacres at Parkland and Sandy Hook left her feeling unsafe at work. — Morgan Smith, BostonGlobe.com, "Armed Utah teachers practice responding to school shootings," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'special needs.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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