Mental and social health pose major challenges for young people worldwide, particularly for young people with special needs: 

• 70% of people with disabilities experience social isolation.  
• Young people with disabilities are three times more likely to have mental health issues than their peers without disabilities.  
• 33% of Dutch young people regularly to often experience pressure to meet expectations.  
• This is also a problem worldwide: a quarter of young people in the United States struggle with mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression.