Planning for the 2040s: Everybody's Business

Autor/in	Mittler, Peter
Titel	Planning for the 2040s: Everybody's Business
Quelle	In: British Journal of Special Education, 35 (2008) 1, S.3-10 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-3383
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8578.2008.00363.x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Quality of Life; Disabilities; Appropriate Technology; Long Range Planning; Science and Society; Social Change; Strategic Planning; Futures (of Society); Global Approach; Local Issues; Citizen Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensqualität; Handicap; Behinderung; Langfristige Planung; Sozialer Wandel; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Globales Denken; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung
Abstract	As we mark the publication of the 35th issue of the British Journal of Special Education, Peter Mittler, Emeritus Professor of Special Needs Education at the University of Manchester, looks into the future and asks a series of challenging questions: What kind of a future do we want to see for a baby born with a significant disability today? What changes will be needed in society and in our schools both for the child and for the family? What reforms might this year's newly qualified staff bring about in our schools and services and in society as a whole by the time they retire in the 2040s? Professor Mittler proposes that the time is ripe to take advantage of new international and national opportunities to lay the foundations for a society that fully includes disabled people and safeguards their basic human rights. He argues that each one of us can help to determine the values and priorities of the society in which today's baby will grow up and suggests that the Make Poverty History movement has provided powerful evidence that the voice of ordinary citizens can shape policies and set priorities. He encourages us all to think globally and to act locally on a host of issues, including supporting families, planning for transition, promoting quality of life, professional development and challenging inequality. (Author).
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