Special Education Laws and Human Rights of Youth with Developmental Disabilities : From the Perspective of the 7th Basic Plan for Youth Policy

The purpose of this study is to analyze special education-related laws and regulations to protect the human rights of school-age adolescents with developmental disabilities and to expand the 7th basic plan for youth policy from a human rights perspective to suggest the direction of policy services necessary for the digital age.Accordingly, the direction of social integration practice was analyzed, focusing on the right to learning, school life, integrated education, and career and vocational education for the protection of the human rights of adolescents with developmental disabilities.Based on this, if the 7th basic plan for youth policy is expanded in the direction of supporting youth with developmental disabilities, first, it is necessary to improve the educational environment to revitalize digital platform-based activities for adolescents with developmental disabilities.Second, employment support and follow-up management research activities and support networks should be established for adolescents with developmental disabilities to utilize digital.Third, it is necessary to specify the direction of support for the promotion of social participation and rights of adolescents with developmental disabilities.It focused on social integration and the promotion of the human rights and welfare of adolescents with developmental disabilities in the direction of policy support for adolescents with developmental disabilities.