I'm not sure about Kentucky persay, but most states that list waiting in the foster care system are going to be 'special needs". Doesn't mean they have what many consider special needs though. Usually any child over the age one/two is going to be considered harder to place and will therefore be called "special needs". There are going to be kids on photolistings that sw's consider harder to place than not, but that could be because they are a minority, part of a sibling group, older with "issues" etc.
It's a very broad term really.
