My ‘special needs’ child. It gives me the ick when I read things like this.

This term has largely fallen out of use - but I still see it much more than I should. It has also evolved into ‘special educational needs’, a term inclusive of ‘learning problems and Disability’, and used to assess the support needs of children in schools.

Do I have a problem with assessing the support needs of children? No. I have a problem with the concept of some needs being special, and some being normal. Humans have needs, and different humans have different needs.