Special education applies to deaf, blind, and exceptionally gifted children as well as the mentally handicapped. "In the past, equality of educational opportunity meant giving children the right to public schooling no matter what their economic background," department head Hsu T'ien-wei says. "Now we must also give every child the right to understand what the teacher is saying."
「以往教育『平等』的定義，是無論貧富貴賤，每人都有權利享有國民義務教育」，特教系主任許天威解釋：「現在不僅給每個人受教育的位子，而且要每個人都有『知道講台上的老師在教什麼』的權利。」