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Recent Examples of special-needs
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
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
Early literacy and special-needs inclusion, including opt-in tools that support deaf children and parental involvement, are areas where ideology gives way to child development science .
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Alzir, who is part of a special tutoring program at Andrew that works with special-needs kids, counts communication as his calling card.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Ever, Coffee and Creps — that employs 16 special-needs adults.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
Their mission at the Smythe stop was to visit a special-needs class and three other classrooms recognized for outstanding attendance, as well as living up to the school’s ROAR — Respectful & Kind, Always Safe, Own Choices, Regulate Emotions — mantra.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Board member Brooklyn Richardson asked her colleagues to especially consider special-needs students who walk to school.
—Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
The only federal laws requiring transportation be provided are for certain special-needs students and children experiencing homelessness.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 26 Dec. 2025
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
Early literacy and special-needs inclusion, including opt-in tools that support deaf children and parental involvement, are areas where ideology gives way to child development science .
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Alzir, who is part of a special tutoring program at Andrew that works with special-needs kids, counts communication as his calling card.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Ever, Coffee and Creps — that employs 16 special-needs adults.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
Their mission at the Smythe stop was to visit a special-needs class and three other classrooms recognized for outstanding attendance, as well as living up to the school’s ROAR — Respectful & Kind, Always Safe, Own Choices, Regulate Emotions — mantra.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Board member Brooklyn Richardson asked her colleagues to especially consider special-needs students who walk to school.
—Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
The only federal laws requiring transportation be provided are for certain special-needs students and children experiencing homelessness.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for special-needs
Adjective
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Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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South Dakota lawmakers plan to learn more about emergency medical services, Native American health care and services for disabled people ahead of the next legislative session.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The next year, their uncle was arrested in the Vel d’Hiv roundup, and months later French police took their ailing paternal grandmother, Sheindléa Badinter.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Born in Mountain Home, Hartz returned to Idaho in retirement to help her ailing mother.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors accused him of filming and sharing a video of an incapacitated 17-year-old girl in April 2009.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One of the panelists was Peter Beinart, the writer whose book had been deemed unfit for study at Beth El.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s a longstanding debate about the relative health effects of being overweight versus being aerobically unfit.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Sharod Knox has lived this way since a 2002 shooting left him quadriplegic and dependent on a ventilator.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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Here’s one his many Se7en knockoffs, this one based on a series of novels about a quadriplegic cop, played by Washington, who teams with a rookie cop (Angelina Jolie) to take down a serial killer.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In at least one instance noted in the investigation, guides allegedly laced food with baking powder to cause people to be unwell, the outlet stated.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Just minutes after the opening scenes of the musical, Megan reportedly began feeling unwell, and the show was stopped suddenly.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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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Avatar sees Jake Sully, a paraplegic veteran, on a mission to the moon Pandora, in an entirely new form, adopting that of the Na'vi people.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
20 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That leaves a sicker, older, more expensive pool of enrollees, which pushes up premiums for everyone.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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As a result, many began calling in sick or quitting entirely.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Special-needs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/special-needs. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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