How to Use special needs in a Sentence

special needs

plural noun
  • Both of their children have special needs and are deaf.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Both of his young sons are children with special needs.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Who will care for our children in schools who have special needs?
    — Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • And because of that, some of these dogs will have special needs.
    — Melanie D.g. Kaplan, CNN, 27 July 2022
  • Or a child born with special needs could change the equation, too.
    — Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Teaching five-year-olds with special needs?
    — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The son is a special needs kid who just got his first dog a couple of weeks ago.
    — Madeline Coggins, Fox News, 18 July 2023
  • Acosta quit her job a few years ago to care for her son, who has special needs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • That aid can vary because of any special needs a student may have.
    — cleveland, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Do kids have any special needs, like wearing a mask with a filter?
    — Lisa Boone, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Gunabe is a parent of a special needs child.
    — Amanda Hari, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The case has raised concerns among some parents of special needs kids.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Orech said a caretaker of three adults with special needs reached out to him.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Young children and children with special needs should have an adult present.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Young children and children with special needs should have an adult present.
    — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Young children and children with special needs should have an adult present.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Her younger son, Jose, 13, has special needs and couldn’t be home alone.
    — New York Times, 17 May 2021
  • For those who work with people with special needs, the job is partly a calling.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
  • Han just wants to ensure his and other special needs children are safe.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Will do more this week and would love to focus on struggling districts and special needs.
    — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 25 Aug. 2020
  • There’s disparagement of a girl with eczema and of the special needs class.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The hunt is divided into age and special needs groups.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • After the egg hunt, the church opened its doors for another hunt for those with special needs.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • His son with special needs heard the gunfire and hurried downstairs to find his dad in a pool of blood.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • But for their daughter, who has special needs, the public school system wasn’t a good fit.
    — Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The move means students with special needs will no longer meet in school buildings, for the time being.
    — Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Other factors like age, coat, and special needs can also play a role in what bed will be the best fit.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
  • Our youngest children are 13-year-old twins, one of whom is autistic/special needs.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • His siblings found homes, but the owners didn't know what to do with Joey due to his special needs.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 1 June 2022
  • An event for all the high school special needs classes began the following year.
    — Katie V. Jones, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2022

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