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Recent Examples of special-needs
Those organizations then help students access educational opportunities ranging from tutoring and special-needs services to career training, educational technology, dual-enrollment courses and private school tuition where appropriate.
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Jeffrey S. Trimbath,
Baltimore Sun,
28 June 2026
Reliability becomes even more critical in special-needs transportation environments, where coordination, communication, and timing often carry heightened importance for students, caregivers, and school systems.
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Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
The great thing about Coverdell accounts is that they can be used before college for expenses like private school, tutoring, uniforms, and even special-needs services.
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Sarah Scott,
Parents,
2 June 2026
One minute, my paintings were going to HSS; the next, to foster homes — no, schools for special-needs kids.
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Blake Crisses,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
Alejandro was non-verbal and had attended Greater Heights Academy, a West Kendall school for special-needs children.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
From there, families often consider tools like a special-needs trust.
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Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
While the district’s overall student enrollment has declined dramatically in recent years, the special-needs population has actually increased, advocates noted.
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Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
For some seven years, MindShiftED has focused on supporting some of the city’s poorest families, parents of special-needs students and those who speak only Spanish.
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Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Mar. 2026
Jeffrey S. Trimbath,
Baltimore Sun,
28 June 2026
Reliability becomes even more critical in special-needs transportation environments, where coordination, communication, and timing often carry heightened importance for students, caregivers, and school systems.
—
Malana Vantyler,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
The great thing about Coverdell accounts is that they can be used before college for expenses like private school, tutoring, uniforms, and even special-needs services.
—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
2 June 2026
One minute, my paintings were going to HSS; the next, to foster homes — no, schools for special-needs kids.
—
Blake Crisses,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
Alejandro was non-verbal and had attended Greater Heights Academy, a West Kendall school for special-needs children.
—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
From there, families often consider tools like a special-needs trust.
—
Bruce Helmer,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
While the district’s overall student enrollment has declined dramatically in recent years, the special-needs population has actually increased, advocates noted.
—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
For some seven years, MindShiftED has focused on supporting some of the city’s poorest families, parents of special-needs students and those who speak only Spanish.
—
Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for special-needs
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Her death was announced to TMZ by her boyfriend Roy Hernandez, who had just this week set up a GoFundMe page for the ailing Chase.
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Borba headed home to care for his ailing dad.
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Prosecutors, who had sought seven years and seven months in jail, said that the four women accusing him of rape, in both the proven and unproven cases, had each time been too unconscious or too incapacitated to resist him after attending parties.
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The spoof comedy parodied 1970s disaster films and followed Hays' character, who must overcome his fear of flying to land a commercial jet when its crew and passengers become incapacitated by food poisoning.
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.
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She was deemed unfit to stand trial on medical grounds.
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The Dodge became disabled, and the troopers arrested the driver.
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Homeless residents, many of whom don’t have a car or are disabled, now have to travel outside of Skid Row to get stamps or mail a package.
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Aariana Rose Philip is an Antiguan American model and musician who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
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The man who died was a quadriplegic, unable to escape on his own.
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In their respective grief, mommy issues, daughter issues, and, in the case of Armand and Daniel, daddy issues, our vampires are giving each other a run for their money over who is the most beautiful, most unwell.
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Water was limited, there was no air conditioning, and some guests appeared unwell.
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Amezcua recalled meeting a paraplegic woman with significant health issues who declined hospital care because, in her experience, she was treated briefly and then discharged back to the street.
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Johnny Joestar, a paraplegic former jockey who’s already wealthy, joins not for the money, but to pursue Gyro, a strange man with two strange spinning electric balls that seemingly can give him the ability to walk again.
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Having a sick pet is emotionally a lot to handle.
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Preventing infestation Just because one calf is sick doesn’t mean the entire herd will get it, Cammack said.
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“Special-needs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special-needs. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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