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Special needs

People with autism, Down syndrome, dyslexia, blindness, ADHD, or cystic fibrosis, for example, may be considered to have special needs.


Marland report

Gifted and Talented children are, in fact, deprived and can suffer psychological damage and permanent impairment of their abilities to function well which is equal to or greater than the similar deprivation suffered by any other population with special needs served by the Office of Education.

Rowdeford School

Rowdeford School is a special needs community school, located in Rowde, Wiltshire, England, for young people with complex needs and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) aged between 11 and 16.


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2009 Red River flood

On Thursday, March 26, some 95 elderly and special needs people were evacuated from the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation.

Age groups in Scouting and Guiding

Another parallel programme is Extension Scouting, which aims to bring Scouting to young people with special needs.

Back closure

; Special needs : Adaptive garments designed for those with physical disabilities (such as arthritis) often open at the rear so that they can be put on without having to bend the arms backwards.

Colleges of the University of Otago

City College is influenced by a substantial proportion of its students coming from the University of Otago College of Education or the Otago Polytechnic and Toroa College, formerly an International House, was almost exclusively filled by international students during this period, developing an environment with social and support aspects tailored to those special needs.

Dela Smith

Beaumont Hill in Darlington, County Durham caters for children aged five to 19 with a range of special needs.

Department of Defense Dependents Schools

School psychologists are directly employed by DoDDS and civilian employed clinical child psychologists are employed by the U.S. military to provide direct and indirect services to students with special needs.

Educating Peter

Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down's syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Emily Kingsley

In 1987 Kingsley wrote "Welcome to Holland," a widely published and translated piece which compares the experience of raising a child with special needs with traveling to Holland.

Farm Kings

Ben King is the youngest, has Down syndrome, works alongside his brothers, and “No one treats him differently because he has special needs”

HCPT – The Pilgrimage Trust

Today, Hosanna House, the Trust's residential centre just outside Lourdes in Bartrès, takes nearly 2,000 pilgrims in groups of 40 to 50, many of whom have disabilities or special needs.

Kaskenmoor School

In 2005 Park Dean, Marland Fold and Hill Top Special schools joined the Kaskenmoor campus founding the new special needs school New Bridge.

Kupenda for the Children

Kupenda is based in Hampton, New Hampshire and has a resident school and special needs facilities in Malindi District, Kenya.

Lee Aaker

Lee Aaker has resided in Mammoth Lakes, California, for many years and is a special needs ski instructor.

Leonard Sainer

It sponsors several charitable activities, such as the Leonard Sainer Centre in Ilford for children with special needs.

LiveWorkPlay

Prior to working full-time with LiveWorkPlay, he managed the national Special Needs Education project (part of the Government of Canada's SchoolNet program) from 1995-1997 as a Project Manager at Ingenia Communications Corporation and represented Canada at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Internet Society.

Manhattan Beach Unified School District

One such case was that of Douglas Shulby, who, in 1998, was forcibly removed from the Mira Costa campus grounds by law enforcement and school officials, due to a failure to accommodate his special needs associated with his Asperger syndrome.

Miss You Can Do It

Miss You Can Do It chronicles young women with special needs and their families as they participate in the Miss You Can Do It Pageant, which was created by Abbey Curran, Miss Iowa USA 2008 and the first Miss USA contestant with a physical disability.

Nate Fisher

Brenda later becomes pregnant again, but she and Nate disagree on whether or not she should have amniocentesis to determine if the baby has Down's syndrome or spina bifida after blood tests show the baby may have special needs.

Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie

They are ; Air Gendarmerie, Maritime Gendarmerie, Beside these major units, specialised units have been founded with the commitment to perform the duties to meet special needs which requires special capabilities.

Ryan Mullins

Mullins' first feature documentary The Frog Princes, co-directed with Omar Majeed, follows the behind-the-scenes efforts of a special needs theatre troupe, as they work to mount an ambitious adaptation of The Frog and the Princess.

Spurwink School

Spurwink School(sometimes referred to "Spurwink Services" or "Spurwink") is a school in Portland, Maine with other yet smaller owned campuses in places such as Biddeford, Maine serving children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with autism and other behavioral special needs, (often kids under elementary, secondary, and nursery level).

Tabby's Place

Tabby's Place houses many "special needs" cats, adopting a philosophy that even cats with serious health conditions such as diabetes, Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), neurological disabilities, cancer, blindness and paraplegia should be able to live with dignity, to have a loving home, and to be adopted.

Todd Joseph Miles Holden

His mother, Nancy Holden, attended the original Little Red School House in New York City, and later earned an MS. A career educator, she founded a program for special needs children in Los Angeles and has been active as board member and president of various Jewish genealogy societies.

Wymondham College

In August 1998, seven children from London on a course run by a special needs charity were taken to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital after being stung by a swarm of non-native Median wasps.