Key:special needs:*

Prefix special_needs:*
Description
The specialization for a special needs institution.
Group: education
Used on these elements
Useful combination
school:special_needs=* education=school amenity=social_facility
Status: in use
taginfo: special_needs:*

This page describes a key prefix rather than a simple key.

The prefix special_needs:*=* is used to mark the specialization of a special needs institution, often of a special needs school. These institutions often specialize themselves for a certain type of disability.

This tag was first used in the Belgian tagging conventions and was later adopted in other countries.

How to tag

Add the applicable special_needs:*=* tag to the element of the special needs institution. The exact key describes specialization. An institution can specialize themselves for multiple disabilities, so multiple special_needs:*=* tags may be added to a single institution

For example:

• education=school: a school
• school:special_needs=only: that only has special needs education
• special_needs:deaf=yes: for deaf or hearing impaired students
• special_needs:language_disorder=yes: and for students with a developmental language disorder

Keys

The following keys are in use.

Tag	Meaning	Remarks	Count
special_needs:intellectual_disability=yes	For people with an intellectual disability.
special_needs:emotional_behavioural_disorder=yes	For people with an emotional and/or behavioural disorder.
special_needs:physical_disability=yes	For people with a physical disability.
special_needs:blind=yes	For blind and visually impaired people.
special_needs:deaf=yes	For deaf people and people with severe hearing loss.
special_needs:language_disorder=yes	For people with developmental language disorder (DLD).
special_needs:autism=yes	For people with autism spectrum disorder.
special_needs:learning_disabilities=yes	For people with a learning disability not fitting one of the other categories (e.g. dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, ...).	A more precise key can be used.
special_needs:intellectually_gifted=yes	For intellectually gifted people.

See also

• school:special_needs=*