Special needs (disambiguation)

Special needs is an older term for disability which means that a person may require provision of accommodations, supports and services to have equitable access to opportunities and participate in the society.

Special needs may also refer to:

Category of people

 * Alternative education, includes a number of approaches to teaching and learning separate from that offered by mainstream traditional education
 * Special education, educating students with special educational needs
 * Special education in the United Kingdom
 * Special Needs Evacuation Tracking System, Texas

Entertainment

 * Special Needs (film), a 2007 film by Isaak James
 * Special Needs, former name of the British band The Needs
 * "Special Needs" (Placebo song), a song by the British rock band

Other

 * Special needs exception, an exception to the Fourth Amendment's general requirement that government searches be supported by a warrant and probable cause