Key:school:special_needs
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 school:special_needs
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| Description |
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| School for special-needs education |
| Group: education |
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| Useful combination |
| Status: in use |
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The tag school:special needs=* is used to mark schools for special-needs education
This tag was first used in the Belgian tagging conventions and was later adopted in other countries.
How to map
Add school:special needs=* to the element with education=school or amenity=school. The value denotes the kind whether the school is exclusively a special needs school or it offers special needs education besides regular education.
| Tag | Meaning | Remarks | Count |
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school:special_needs=yes |
School with facilities for special needs students. | Please use a more descriptive tag. | |
school:special_needs=only |
School only for special needs students. | ||
school:special_needs=separated |
School for both regular and special needs students. Both groups don't share classes. | ||
school:special_needs=mixed |
School for both regular and special needs students. Both groups do share classes. | ||
school:special_needs=limited |
School with regular education, but facilities for special needs students. | Note that this tag may be redundant. | |
school:special_needs=no |
School without facilities for special needs students. | Note that this tag may be redundant. |
Specialization
Special needs schools often specialize themselves for a certain type of disability. This specialization may be indicated by the suffixed key special_needs:*=yes.
| Tag | Meaning | Remarks | Count |
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special_needs:intellectual_disability=yes |
For students with an  intellectual disability. |
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special_needs:emotional_behavioural_disorder=yes |
For students with an emotional and/or behavioural disorder. |
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special_needs:physical_disability=yes |
For students with a physical disability. |
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special_needs:blind=yes |
For blind and visually impaired students. | ||
special_needs:deaf=yes |
For deaf students and students with severe hearing loss. | ||
special_needs:language_disorder=yes |
For students with developmental language disorder (DLD). |
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special_needs:autism=yes |
For students with autism spectrum disorder. |
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special_needs:learning_disabilities=yes |
For students with a learning disability not fitting one of the other categories (e.g. dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, ...). | ||
special_needs:intellectually_gifted=yes |
For intellectually gifted students. |
Similar tags
school=special_education_needs, another way to mark special needs schools. However this tag may conflict with other values ofschool=*.