This is what I hate about this site. The judgement! 2 out of my 3 children have SPECIAL NEEDS/ ADDITIONAL NEEDS! It's a deal, a great deal and all someone is bothered about is the title.
Great find

In the grand scheme of things, as per Vinegar's comment, a child being big for their age constitutes special needs (in terms of clothing) as well, given they have needs outside of the "norm", no?

The Op didn't mention any disabilities, neither did anyone who replied to your post...the only person who linked the term "special needs" with children who have disabilities, was yourself.

Anyway, heat added.

Hot!!! Thanks for posting.
Finally a quality mainstream retailer has started to bridge the gap, even if its only in a small way. Its a real struggle for parents finding larger sizes from mainstream retailers.
It annoys me that large specialist retailers have the ability to massively over inflate prices for these products because they have the monopoly in a niche market. People with disabilities &/or their families/carers are left without choice & are forced to buy from a handfull of companies, most of which are the same company but disguised behind multiple traiding names.
If more mainstream retailers offered ranges (even just basic one's), it would force the hands of the specialist retailers and hopefully make for fairer pricing.

Here's what I've come to expect of people working hard to be offended on behalf of others. I'll tell the story in a HUKD context, but you see this nonsense in all walks of life.

1) Someone posts a deal and uses a term that someone is uncomfortable with - always on behalf of others of course!
2) That person raises a stink. The deal gets changed, removed, voted down, whatever.
3) Someone who would have benefited from the deal and is in general unconcerned about the words well meaning people are using does not see the deal.
4) Equality is achieved! Well done comrades, we've protected poor minority group X from seeing a slightly uncomfortable term once more!

This is a great idea, not only for special needs children but I found with my last baby that we had to give up on vests early because she was too big for the standard sizes. This range will be good for my latest chunky baby. Thanks.

Hot!!! Thanks for posting.
Finally a quality mainstream retailer has started to bridge the gap, even if its only in a small way. Its a real struggle for parents finding larger sizes from mainstream retailers.
It annoys me that large specialist retailers have the ability to massively over inflate prices for these products because they have the monopoly in a niche market. People with disabilities &/or their families/carers are left without choice & are forced to buy from a handfull of companies, most of which are the same company but disguised behind multiple traiding names.
If more mainstream retailers offered ranges (even just basic one's), it would force the hands of the specialist retailers and hopefully make for fairer pricing.

This is great but I think the description "special needs" needs revising.

Don't be silly, it is what it is. Some people have needs beyond those of other people hence special needs.

It shouldn't be targeted at children with "special needs" what about children that are big for their age? Also I work with children with disabilities & this range of clothing or the title in this post shouldn't be aimed at disabled or children with "special needs" it's not necessary to put. It's suitable for any child of the age it's targeted at

Great post for those of us with special needs choldren and you can put what ever you want in your title. Thanks for the post

2016 special needs :disappointed:

I take it m&s were not daft enough to name it special needs clothing ?

This is what I hate about this site. The judgement! 2 out of my 3 children have SPECIAL NEEDS/ ADDITIONAL NEEDS! It's a deal, a great deal and all someone is bothered about is the title.
Great find

bought some of these for my son last week who has special needs(5 year old severely autistic) and they're brilliant excellent fit and great value

Heat added

Everyone gets offended by everything these days

Here's what I've come to expect of people working hard to be offended on behalf of others. I'll tell the story in a HUKD context, but you see this nonsense in all walks of life.

1) Someone posts a deal and uses a term that someone is uncomfortable with - always on behalf of others of course!
2) That person raises a stink. The deal gets changed, removed, voted down, whatever.
3) Someone who would have benefited from the deal and is in general unconcerned about the words well meaning people are using does not see the deal.
4) Equality is achieved! Well done comrades, we've protected poor minority group X from seeing a slightly uncomfortable term once more!

But they have........it actually states it in their description. Their heading says "Specialist Body Suits and Sleepwear" and the description "..........making them ideal for children with special needs". They have in fact used the word "special" twice. My point is, special needs, specific needs or whatever you want to call it, the OP has posted this according to Marks & Spencer website so whoever has a gripe should direct it at Marks and Spencer and stop calling people "daft".

http://www.marksandspencer.com/l/kids/specialist-bodysuits-and-sleepwear

I had seen this earlier a few weeks ago on the Manchester evening News a few weeks ago, thanks OP for updating us. I have a child with Cerebral Palsy and "special needs". I do not understand what is to be offended about the term "special needs". People you need to get a grip, an able person is known as Neuro-typical!

Tesco F&F range also do bodysuits for 2-3 year olds. Thanks for posting OP. I thought bodysuits only went up to 2 years old until I saw this.

https://youtu.be/9s3NZaLhcc4

M&S

So you sent this to M&S right?

Well done M&S. My son has severe Autism and does have "Special Needs", so the title caught my eye and was really helpful. People that have issues with the words used, clearly need to spend less time worrying about unimportant things like this and more time on the important things in life! Heat added from me!

This is a marvellous idea! Sad people have so much time on their hands that they need to be picking at the title!
Unsure what other terminology would be good to use! I would say this is PC.
Well done! Heat added.

All I see is people complaining about people being judgemental,
but no one actually being judgemental.

Very inclusive.

Well as I am the person responsible for the new clothing range which has just been launched by M&S I never thought I would have upset people by asking M&S to make a clothing range for children with special needs. My grandson is nearly 4 and is still using nappies but is also tube fed as he has multiple disabilities. I was delighted when M&S agreed to do bigger clothing that would help his mum and dad to change his nappy and feed him in a more discreet way and help with night feeding, changing etc. I even have a facebook group called "M&S and Me. Special needs clothing for children" and not one of over 4,000 members has ever challenged the name. I don't know what else it could be called. Even if your child is not disabled but needs popper clothing for longer than the norm then I think it would be classed as a special need. I thought I was doing something that would help lots of people never in a million years did I think there would be an issue with the description of the clothes, It is not M&S fault (if it is a fault) it is mine. Please take a look at the Group aforementioned and you will see the comments and photos of the children who are benefiting. Then come back on here and tell me what else it should be called. Rita.

Hi again
I signed this petition last week.
Thought since the topic came up it was worth adding the link into this post.

Hope OP doesn't mind? Will remove and re-post in misc if you do AnnaMak, but its not really a deal yet & it will get more veiws here.

Please take a look & sign if you support this, i personally think this is a fab ifea abd hope they do really well. This to get supermarkets to sell larger nappies to cater for "special needs"/"non typically developing" children who have now outgrown nappies that are widely available in stores.
Petition link
https://www.change.org/p/tesco-asda-morrisons-sainsburys-lidl-aldi-ocado-waitrose-supermarkets-to-sell-or-make-larger-nappies-for-children-with-additional-support-needs

I've added her origional FB plea if you want to read it
https://m.facebook.com/tesco/posts/994039050655226?comment_id=490917914427012%C2%ACif_t%3Dfeed_comment

Go Rita!