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Recent Examples of special-needs
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.
—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
The event is a fundraiser organized by the Active 4 All Evergreen Foundation to support programs run by the Evergreen Park and Recreation District, including the INSPIRE special-needs program, which helps keep kids with challenges active.
—Cbscolorado.com Staff, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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
The event is a fundraiser organized by the Active 4 All Evergreen Foundation to support programs run by the Evergreen Park and Recreation District, including the INSPIRE special-needs program, which helps keep kids with challenges active.
—Cbscolorado.com Staff, CBS News, 2 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.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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Borba headed home to care for his ailing dad.—
David Begnaud,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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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.—
Gwladys Fouche,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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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.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the governor’s wife, said the investigation showed that Trump is unfit for office.—
Sophie Austin,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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His ensuing words were unfit for inclusion in this story.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
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The department’s special education office ensures states comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which guarantees access to education for disabled students.—
Alia Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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For example, states are weighing cuts to in-home care, a change that could mean the difference between a disabled child being able to live with their parents or being forced to move to a residential care facility.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Aariana Rose Philip is an Antiguan American model and musician who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy.—
Aariana Rose Philip,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
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The man who died was a quadriplegic, unable to escape on his own.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Body Wasn’t Designed For Modern Life Many experts believe modern lifestyles may be contributing significantly to why so many people feel physically depleted, inflamed, tense, or chronically unwell.—
Meggen Harris,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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To kill bacteria, use hot water for washing diapers and bed linens if someone is unwell.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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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.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
22 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
27 Mar. 2026
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If healthier people drop out of the risk pool, fewer people subsidize the people who get sick, Gidwani said.—
Andrew Jones,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Nara Organics issued the recall of all lots of Nara Organics Whole Milk Infant Formula after, according to the company recall notice, the FDA and CDC told the company about babies sick with infant botulism in California, Pennsylvania and Washington.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
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“Special-needs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special-needs. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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