special needs

Related to special needs: Special needs education

special needs

Pertaining to one who has a mental or physical disability. I teach special needs kids, and I love it.
See also: needs, special
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • who needs (something)
  • must needs
  • must needs do something
  • need doing
  • raise (one's) consciousness
  • needs
  • make (something) to order
  • make to order
  • made to order
  • need (something) like a hole in the head, to
References in periodicals archive
Although the overall number of excluded pupils has fallen by around 33% from 439 in 2003-04, the proportion of pupils with special needs expelled has risen from 39% to its current 47% over the same period.
While there is a large body of research on domestic special needs adoptions, very little is known about special needs adoptions from China.
As faculty costs continued to grow as a significant factor in the operation of Catholic schools, many schools quickly concluded that they could not take on the additional costs that might be incurred in establishing programs for students with special needs. Greeley (1998) notes, If the costs of Catholic education have forced Catholic schools to price themselves out of the market for some of the Catholic population, this is unfortunate.
Announcing this today, Negeri Sembilan Women's Affairs, Family and Welfare Committee chairman Nicole Tan Lee Koon also said a survey of the state undertaken by the department found that only 99 workers with special needs were employed in the civil service, including 73 by the federal government.
And parents were told not to keep children with special needs at home.
Most of the special needs parents will tell you that even if they don't have the power to make life 'fair,' they have the power to make life joyful and that is the goal they strive to achieve.
* Financial Planning and Assistance for Families With Special Needs
Southern Wesleyan Universityis developing a special needs and disabilities community on its campus in Central.
Founded and funded by a group of Namibian and Austrian individuals, Namibia Special Need Adults Centre (NSNAC) aims to positively impact the quality of life for adults with special needs, by providing clients with an opportunity to maintain their individual worth, dignity and independence.
ISLAMABAD -- Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan has reiterated his resolve to make Pakistan Air Force a compassionate organization for the persons with special needs.
Ms Mohamed announced that a National Psycho-Education Assessment and Research Centre at the Kenya Institute of Special Education in Nairobi is ready for launch."Additionally, we prepared and administered special national examination papers for candidates with special needs in line with the President's directive.
It came as Al-Sisi inaugurated the first Arab Forum for Schools for Special Needs and Integration held Monday night in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.
KUWAIT, Sept 14 (KUNA) -- While the social perception of people with special needs might veer towards sympathy and sorrow, most of said individuals usually shatter the molds of misconception in the form of academic, career, and athletic feats surpassing those of their abled counterparts.
Ms Habangana appealed to councillors, as members of some village committees to advise members on integrating special needs students into the mainstream education unlike the status quo, where special needs students were isolated at special needs units and schools.
Teaching Music To Students With Special Needs: A Practical Resource, by Alice M.