special needs
noun1
Euphemistic, Idiomatic Needs for special care, services or accommodations for people with disabilities.
- The school has introduced provisions for pupils with special needs.
2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see special, needs.
- Am I really hard to please? Perhaps I have such special needs I wondered what was wrong with me My friends all fall so easily1975-6, “I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)”, performed by Diana Ross:
- Related terms
- short bus, ride the short bus