The Special Kids Award for children with exceptionalities and disabilities is an award for the special needs children in the world. The award is specifically to help the special needs children deal with the social and educational issues that they are faced with everyday of their lives. Also, the award is to show the special needs children that through motivation and hard work, they can have independent lives. For example, Fletcher states that " No matter how hard I tried, I could not replicate anything even approaching their work. " The children are trying to do the best in their lives, but they are going through tough obstacles to get there. Therefore, the type of book for this nomination can be any gender of children with disabilities. The expected age of the readers can range from kindergarten to high school. All ages of children should be aware of the social and educational issues of the special needs children. The last date for nominations is February 19, 2008.