Who is Special Needs?

Who Is Special Need?

My question to you today is WHO IS SPECIAL NEED, meaning when you hear that question what is the first and possibility only thing that comes to mind.  Well I typed in Special needs LOGO'S in a search engine and this and many more pictures came up. Out of those pictures this one was one of the only ones that did not feature a image of a person with a physical or mental disability. Why is that? When a teacher goes to school to become a special educator or even a general educator they are taught that when you say special needs this means not only students with learning delays but also students that are way about there fellow peers academically. They need special help to be able to reach there full ability as well. 

 This image in my opinion shows many children that look similar (normal) and then one in a wheel chair (different). Where is my student with a degree at age 15 or the one with the stack of text books in there hand. I don't know but we have got to have something to point out the over achievers to. 

How about the one to the right with what looks like parents of a child with a physical disability and a baby. Nice picture but are they also there to help with the struggles that students and families having to deal with when children are so bored in class that they are acting out and getting in trouble or labeled as the BAD kid. Students have special need in education when you have to make accommodations for them to learn at there academic level. This does not always mean they are below. Accommodations need to be made to help students that are above there current grade level continue you strive for excellence and push themselves to do more or they will be board and board children tend to get in trouble.