I'm also a little confused by the question, but I'll offer my take anyway. If by "special needs" you mean people who may need something more than other people, such as reassurance, or outside contact with a T, then I guess maybe the T should give a little. But when I've touched on this in my therapy, my T always ends up saying that I have to live in the real world. If I need more reassurance than most, he can give me some, but the real world doesn't give a rip that I am needy in that area. So I'm going to have to take some hard knocks and adapt. A little bit of coddling from T might help temporarily, but too much and I would become dependent and expect it from everyone else. That's not realistic, and it ain't gonna happen.