Perceptions and Experiences of Self-determination of Students and Youth with Intellectual Disabilities in Korea

Introduction to the Special Topic Issue on Self-determination and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

“…As it became clear that promoting self-determination was critical to improved transition outcomes for youth with disabilities and that promoting self-determination aligned well with a human rights perspective on disability, there emerged an international focus on the construct. For this issue, in addition to colleagues from the United States, I have invited researchers from Taiwan, South Korea, and Italy who report on work in promoting selfdetermination in their countries (Chao et al 2019;Cho and Seo 2019;Dean et al 2019;Landmark and Zhang 2019;Lee et al 2019;Maggio et al 2019;Palmer et al 2019;Seong et al 2019;Shogren et al 2019;Williams-Diehm et al 2019). Further, researchers from Belgium who are among the most visible researchers in SDT have provided papers on SDT and disability issues (De De Clercq et al 2019;Dieleman et al 2019).…”