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2. Special needs - Wikipedia

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   In the United States "special needs" is a legal term applying in foster care, derived from the language in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. It is a diagnosis used to classify children as needing more services than those children without special needs who are in the foster care system.

3. Special education - Wikipedia

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   Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs. This involves the individually planned and systematically ...

4. Services and supports for people with disabilities - Wikipedia

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   The mission of The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD), as quoted from their website "ensures that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have access to culturally-competent needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self ...

5. Best Buddies International - Wikipedia

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   In 2007, Anthony Kennedy Shriver announced the opening of a new accredited program in Doha, Qatar, in collaboration with the Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, a nonprofit charitable organization. As of January 2018, Best Buddies had chapters in 50 countries around the world, spanning six continents. [18] [19]

6. Special education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Special education in the United States enables students with exceptional learning needs to access resources through special education programs. "The idea of excluding students with any disability from public school education can be traced back to 1893, when the Massachusetts Supreme Court expelled a student merely due to poor academic ability". [1]

7. List of disability organizations - Wikipedia

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   Infinite Ability – a special interest group within the Medical Humanities Group of University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. [2] International Association of Accessibility Professionals; International Blind Sports Federation; International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) International Ventilator Users Network

8. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act - Wikipedia

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   To provide FAPE, schools must provide students with an "education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living." [16] The IDEA includes requirements that schools provide each disabled student an education that:

9. National Association for Special Educational Needs - Wikipedia

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   The National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN) is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs. The organisation provides advice, training and support to education professionals and its work on ...