Policies on Persons with Special Needs and Education: An International Perspective and Country Initiatives

Abstract

A review was made on official documents by the United Nations and some governments regarding their policies, programmes, and initiatives for fulfilling and advancing the quality of services and facilities for special needs people. The purpose of the review was to establish the general and specific directions, benchmarks, and best practices that have taken place and that are going to take place in the future. The review revealed that equality of rights, quality of provisions, and policy implementation were the major issues in the special needs arena.