The adoles-being of adolescents with intellectual disabilities

"We will have met the challenge for the future when all educational facilities are special; when all teachers are educators viewing all students as special, respecting them as such; when citizens of our society are concerned with the inner value of people rather than their outer appearance; when we are no longer frightened by individuality and differences, but view this phenomenon as positive hope for growth and survival.... We will have met the challenge of the future when we take responsibility for making tomorrow at least a little bit better than today..." Buscaglia (1993).