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Special needs 1. The article does relate the the topic, whoever it is very unclear. The language is jumbled and hard to read. There are multiple run on sentences and clustered ideas that do not really have anything to do with one another. The author just threw everything together when writing and therefore does not make any sense. Because it is hard to understand, it is very distracting to read and make it difficult to find the meaning to the article. What the author does include in their writing does not seem necessary. Instead of focusing on "U.S. special needs adoption statistics" they should be focusing on making their article better without the section even in it. 2. The article seems to be neutral and no bias. 3. There are several points that the author makes, but forgets to explain the meaning or describe how this effects special needs. Such as: "types of special needs vary in severity," in which they, instead of describing the difference in "severity," the author just lists different types of disabilities and that they are all considered "special needs." There are many sentences like this one where the author underpresents what they are saying. 4. For what they author includes in the article, the citations do go along with what they are saying. 5. In the references, the author does site some actual other articles that could help them with this article. However, some of the citations are "dead links" which is most likely due to articles, blog posts, or other popular sources that no longer exist due to deletion. Because of this, the author should up date the article with the sources if he/she can find somewhere else. Also, the author does include another blog post in there citations, in which they are not very reliable for a article like this. 6. The author does not cite all sources or key points that are clearly not their own in the article. Even definitions are not sited by the author. The author does not state where most of the information stated in the article is coming from, therefore, they are unable to prove if the fact is correct or not. 7. Like stated before, a good number of the links that the author does source are "dead links". These need to be updated or they can not be used as liable informations. 8. On the talk page, there is a conversation going about whether the term "special needs" needs to be changed or not. But the author of the conversation does not know how to change or add what they think. 9. The article is rated "Start". And it is apart of the WikiProject Disabilities. 10. The wikipedia conversation does really say how to fix the sentences structure and how unclear the article is. Whereas in class, we've talked about how to write clearly and understandably.

Edits
In the article I want to help with the transition from the first paragraph. There is no explanation and it is very jumbled and scattered. Also, I want to add citations to the second section on it being used in US Education. Finally, I want add a small summary in the beginning about US adoption statistics as it is not mentioned in the beginning.

For the article I plan on adding information where in the article it states: "Types of special needs vary in severity. People with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, dyslexia, blindness, ADHD, or cystic fibrosis, for example, may be considered to have special needs. However, special needs can also include cleft lips and/or palates, port-wine stains, or missing limbs." In the first sentence the author says that there are special needs that range in severity, but does not go into what it actually means. I would like to add the information gathered from Sever/Profound General Learning Disabilities. For the second edit, I would like to add some citations to the sections on United States Special Needs Adoption Statistics. There are several things that the author mentions in their article, and different organizations, but never cites them in this section. I would like to add the citations when the author is talking about the Adoption and Safe Family act and where they got the information about the organization. Finally, I want to add some summary of the section on United States Special needs adoption statistics above, as the above section is the section for a short summary, and to introduce what the article is going to state. I would like to add informations gathered from the

Actual Edits
"In the United States, special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological. For instance, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases 9th edition both give guidelines for clinical diagnosis. Types of special needs vary in severity. People with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, dyslexia, blindness, ADHD, or cystic fibrosis, for example, may be considered to have special needs. However, special needs can also include cleft lips and/or palates, port-wine stains, or missing limbs." 1. Special needs can range from, but is not limited to, people with autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, dyslexia, blindness, ADHA, and crystic fibrosis. It can also include cleft lips and/or palates, port-wine stains, and missing limbs. The types of special needs vary in severity, and a student is with a special need is classified as being a sever case when the students IQ is between 20 and 35. These students typically need assistance in school, and have different services given to them in order for them to succeed in a different setting.

"In the United States, more than 150,000 children with special needs are waiting for permanent homes. Traditionally, children with special needs have been considered harder to place for adoption than other children, but experience has shown that many children with special needs can be placed successfully with families who want them. The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-89) has focused more attention on finding homes for children with special needs and making sure they receive the post-adoption services they need. Pre-adoption services are also of critical importance to ensure that adoptive parents are well prepared and equipped with the necessary resources for a successful adoption. The United States Congress enacted the law to ensure that children in foster care who cannot be reunited with their birth parents are freed for adoption and placed with permanent families as quickly as possible. The disruption rate for special needs adoption is found to be somewhere between ten and sixteen percent. A 1989 study performed by Richard Barth and Marianne Berry found that of the adoptive parents that disrupted, 86% said they would likely or definitely adopt again. 50% said that they would adopt the same child, given a greater awareness of what the adoption of special needs children requires.[2] Also, within disrupted special needs adoption cases, parents often said that they were not aware of the child's history or the severity of the child's issues before the adoption.[2]"

2. There is also more care that goes into it when a child of special needs is in the process of getting adopted. Because of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 P.L. 96-272, the child's needs have to be met within the home before allowing adoption, including being able to financial support the child [https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hdfs/fii/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/pf_fis42report.pdf|title=Finding Families for Waiting Kids: The Challenge of Special Needs Adoption in the 90’s and Beyond]. "The term Special Needs is a short form of Special Education Needs[6][7] and is a way to refer to students with disabilities. The term Special Needs in the education setting comes into play whenever a child's education program is officially altered from what would normally be provided to students through an Individual Education Plan which is sometimes referred to as an Individual Program plan.[8]"

3. The term Special Needs is a short form of Special Education Needs[6][7] and is the legal term to refer to students with disabilities, in which their learning may be altered or delayed to other students. The term Special Needs in the education setting comes into play whenever a child's education program is officially altered from what would normally be provided to students through an Individual Education Plan which is sometimes referred to as an Individual Program plan.[8]Special Education aids to the students learning environment, to create a uniform system for all children.