LLinE Lifelong Learning in Europe

Editorial - A Large Minority »

Orientation - LEARNING AND SPECIAL NEEDS
WIDENING PARTICIPATION SPECIAL ISSUE ON LEARNING AND SPECIAL NEEDS

In discussing the topic, LLinE collected a few personal stories of how people with disabilities have coped in life. The LLinE interview of Kalle Könkkölä, a politician, former MP, President of an international organisation of the disabled, is an example of how in spite of a severe disability a person can have an impact at national and global level.

The European Year of People with Disabilities has given rise to many organisations to publicly take a stand on the issue of inclusion. LLinE published excerpts of a few. One of the important common statements is that people should always be heard in their own cause.
European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education has published a Thematic Publication Special Needs Education in Europe which is the source for two excerpts in this issue. »