People with special needs are people who need special help or care, for example because they have a disability.
[British]
...a school for children with special needs.
...a teacher who's worked with special needs students for nearly two decades.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use special needs to refer to schemes, methods, and organizations which are intended for people with special needs.
[British]
The local authority has said the area could be redeveloped for special needs housing.
special needs in British English
or special educational needs
plural noun
a.
the educational requirements of pupils or students with any of a wide range of physical disabilities, medical conditions, intellectual difficulties, or emotional or behavioural problems
b.
(as modifier)
special-needs teachers
In other languages
special needs
British English: special needs NOUN
People with special needs are people who need special help or care, for example because they are physically or mentally disabled.
...a school for children with special needs.
American English: special needs
Brazilian Portuguese: necessidades especiais
Chinese: 特殊需求
European Spanish: necesidades especiales
French: besoins particuliers
German: spezielle Bedürfnisse
Italian: che necessitano assistenza particolare
Japanese: 特殊ニーズ
Korean: 특수 요구
European Portuguese: necessidades especiais
Latin American Spanish: necesidades especiales
Chinese translation of 'special needs'
special needs
n pl
children with special needs (Brit) 有特殊需要的儿(兒)童 (yǒu tèshū xūyào de értóng)