Special needs adults

French translation: Pour adultes handicapés

13:52 Aug 26, 2008

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English term or phrase: Special needs adults

"He built a residence for special needs adults."
Adultes en difficulté ?

Axelle531 KudoZ activity Questions: 1207 (3 open) (164 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 21:40

French translation:Pour adultes handicapés

Explanation:
;o)

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S'il s'agit de la construction d'un centre/résidence pour "special needs adults", il me semble tout simplement évident qu'un tel endroit ne sera pas proposé aux personnes qui ont des problèmes scolaires...
Par contre, votre contexte vous permettra sans doute de savoir de quel genre d'handicap souffrent les pensionnaires et d'être plus précise. Notons au passage, que les personnes sourdes ou mal-voyantes se voient rarement proposer des résidences spéciales et les enfants sont de plus en plus intégrés au système scolaire traditionnel.
C'est pour cette raison, et pq, comme le souligne ChalmersPreire "special needs" est plus communément utilisé comme euphémisme pour "handicapé", que j'ai tendance à penser que votre résidence est bel et bien destinée à des adultes handicapés. Reste à savoir effectivement de quel handicap ils souffrent. Je pense également que le français est moins politiquement correct que l'anglais...

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Le centre pour adultes handicapés opérationnel à Montcornet à l ...
Le centre pour adultes handicapés opérationnel à Montcornet à l'automne 2008. Le Président du Conseil général Benoît Huré a dévoilé, le 29 juin, ...
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9 sep 2006 ... Villa Désiré : un nouveau centre pour adultes handicapés. Un foyer d’hébergement pour personnes handicapées a ouvert ses portes à ...
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Myriam Dupouy
France
Local time: 21:40

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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

pour adultes à besoins spécifiques

Laurent Cattin

3 +5

Pour adultes handicapés

Myriam Dupouy

4 +2

adultes handicapés ou en détresse

Drmanu49

3 +2

adultes avec des besoins spécifiques/tout particuliers?

mimi 254

adultes dans le dénuement (dans la misère)

Gilles FARHI (X)

4 -1

adultes en difficulté

Chiara Maggiora

4 -1

pour adultes qui nécessitent des soins particuliers

Francine Bogos

Summary of reference entries provided

Simon Mac

liz askew

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

special needs adults adultes dans le dénuement (dans la misère)

Explanation:
" en difficulté " est correct aussi

Gilles FARHI (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

special needs adults pour adultes à besoins spécifiques

Explanation:
Il peut s'agir de résidences pour personnes âgées ou pour personnes à mobilité réduite, donc il vaut mieux rester assez vague

Laurent Cattin
France
Local time: 21:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 19

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

special needs adults adultes avec des besoins spécifiques/tout particuliers?

Explanation:
suggestion

mimi 254
Local time: 20:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 94

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

special needs adults adultes handicapés ou en détresse

Explanation:
IMO

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Drmanu49
France
Local time: 21:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 148

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

special needs adults adultes en difficulté

Explanation:
visit this web page http://forums.familyeducation.com/discuss/special-needs/spec... It may help you.

Reference: http://forums.familyeducation.com/discuss/special-needs/spec...

Chiara Maggiora
Italy
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of:

Italian

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

special needs adults pour adultes qui nécessitent des soins particuliers

Explanation:
pour essayer d'éviter l'expression "adultes à besoin" ou "adultes avec des besoins"

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ou encore : pour adultes qui ont des besoins particuliers

Francine Bogos
Canada
Local time: 15:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

special needs adults

Pour adultes handicapés

Myriam Dupouy
France
Local time: 21:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 60

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Jean-Louis S.

3 mins

-> Merci !

agree

Irene Chalmers Preire: "Special Needs" is the standard politically correct way of saying "handicapped" whether we are talking about adults or children

4 mins

-> Yes, thank you ! I was actually wondering whether we had a French politically correct expression...

agree

Marilyne (X)

6 mins

-> Merci !

disagree

liz askew: No it is not. "Special needs" encompasses a wide range of "needs": it is used in the field of Education too...ie children with reading difficulties.

8 mins

-> Adults here. We'd need to know the exact context for sure ...

disagree

Gilles FARHI (X): je suis réservé sur le terme 'handicapés" car les personnes âgées ont des "besoins spéciaux" mais ne sont pas handicapées pour autant.

9 mins

-> C'est vrai...mais dans le dénuement reste assez vague, il faudrait être sûrs du contexte pour bien faire...

agree

Simon Mac: sans contexte particulier, je pense que cela convient bien

5 hrs

-> Merci beaucoup !

agree

Beyghorghor: Certainement !

6 hrs

-> Merci ! Bonne nuit.

agree

Christine Roffi

1 day 3 hrs

-> A SPECIAL thank you Roffivinex !

agree

Eileen Roore

10 days

-> Thank you Eileen !

Reference comments

44 mins

Reference

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_needs
Special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities such as medical, mental, or psychological. [...]
Autism, Down syndrome, developmental delays, blindness, and cystic fibrosis are examples of special needs.

Simon Mac
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

1 hr

Reference

Reference information:
Here is just one ref. to define your term:

Introduction
Definition of Adults with Special Needs
For the purposes of this publication, adults with special needs (ASN) are defined as people age 18 and older
who are poor or have disabilities or both. Adults with special needs include, but are not limited to, persons
who are economically and educationally disadvantaged, those for whom English is a second language, and
adults who are institutionalized or incarcerated or homeless or who have cognitive, emotional, or physical
disabilities.
Public Libraries in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has 387 independent, statutorily recognized public libraries organized under 17 public library sys-
tems. There are 380 public libraries that provide services through a public building and 7 county library
services that offer services through other public libraries but that do not have a building open to the public.
Public library systems are county and multicounty administrative units that receive state aid to coordinate li-
brary development and resource sharing among the public libraries within their service areas. The Wiscon-
sin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), through the Division for Libraries, Technology, and Commu-
nity Learning (DLTCL), is responsible for statewide library development, resource sharing, and administering
state aid to public library systems. Within Wisconsin, the DLTCL also administers the Library Services and
Technology Act (LSTA), a federal grant program for libraries

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Once again, we have non-native English speakers telling us what "special needs" means :-)

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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