How to Use special needs in a Sentence

special needs

plural noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • His son has special needs, though; how would that work?
    — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The state pays local schools about 30% of the costs involved with students with special needs.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Acosta quit her job a few years ago to care for her son, who has special needs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • TERi’s mission is to change the way the world sees, helps and empowers those with special needs.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • He and Sarah’s first child and their only son, Ronnie, had special needs.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Young children and children with special needs should have an adult present.
    — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2021
  • According to the lawsuit, Clay-White went to a classroom in May 2022 to help a student with special needs.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Fewer than one in four youth with special needs, ages 12 to 17, received plans and services for adult health care.
    — Jennifer "jay" Palumbo, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • His own sister, who passed away in 2012, also had special needs.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024
  • An event for all the high school special needs classes began the following year.
    — Katie V. Jones, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2022
  • Franklin’s fourth son, Clarence Franklin, has special needs, is under legal guardianship and was not involved in the case.
    — Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 11 July 2023
  • The other apartments will be for people with special needs.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Wonderland, which opened in 2010 as the world’s first theme park designed with people with special needs in mind.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Who each helped me — cajole me — to write a better movie about being a special needs father.
    — Tony Spiridakis, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2024
  • While special needs students are more costly, their needs cannot be used to reduce the budget.
    — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The homeowner told police his wife and special needs daughter were inside the house at the time, the affidavit states.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Some were children of his customers who had special needs or were confined to a wheelchair.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 18 June 2022
  • An animal shelter in the U.K. is working hard to get a kitten with special needs on all fours.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The officers will hand out free wristbands for children and adults with special needs.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
  • The program captured the penguin meeting a group of children with special needs.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The downtown Naperville poutine restaurant is set to open in the spring and also plans to employ people with special needs.
    — Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The youngest daughter has special needs and will likely require a caretaker for most of her life.
    — Eric Brotman, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Police said a mother shot to death her adult special needs son and then turned the gun on herself inside their Warren home Sunday morning.
    — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024

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