Students enrolled in higher education with health conditions that fall under the concept of special educational needs, referred by Portuguese higher education institutions.
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The source states that special educational needs are those resulting from a set of significant limitations in terms of activity and participation in one or more areas of life, arising from permanent functional and structural changes, resulting in ongoing difficulties in communication, learning, mobility, autonomy, interpersonal relationships, and social participation, which give rise to the mobilization of specialized services to promote biopsychosocial functioning potential.
The source used the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) to define health conditions of students with special needs and the World Health Organization (WHO) to define chronic disease.
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Special needs higher education students in Portugal 2023/2024 by health condition
In the academic year 2023/2024, almost ** percent of higher education students with special needs had a learning disorder. Attention deficit/hyperactivity was the second-most common health condition faced by students, reaching over ** percent. More than percent of special needs students had a motor impairment.
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Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. (November 1, 2024). Share of higher education students with special educational needs in Portugal in the academic year 2023/2024, by health condition [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/1620700/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students-by-condition/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. "Share of higher education students with special educational needs in Portugal in the academic year 2023/2024, by health condition." Chart. November 1, 2024. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 25, 2026. /statistics/1620700/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students-by-condition/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. (2024). Share of higher education students with special educational needs in Portugal in the academic year 2023/2024, by health condition. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 25, 2026. /statistics/1620700/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students-by-condition/
Direção-Geral de EstatÃsticas da Educação e Ciência. "Share of Higher Education Students with Special Educational Needs in Portugal in The Academic Year 2023/2024, by Health Condition." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 1 Nov 2024, /statistics/1620700/portugal-special-needs-higher-education-students-by-condition/
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