ABSTRACT
With the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental changes, reduced access to social life and services, and disruption of routines have a negative impact on children with special needs and their families. The health care needs of children with special needs, which have not been adequately met in the past, have gradually increased during the pandemic period. During the pandemic, the existing discrimination and social exclusion of children with special needs continued, and this situation caused serious problems by causing disruptions in their development as well as in their use of treatment and health services. Children with special needs are individuals who need to be evaluated and strategic initiatives planned to reduce the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this direction, it is necessary to increase the measures for children with special needs and their families. © 2023, Dokuz Eylul University. All rights reserved.