This year the Journal of International Special Needs Education (JISNE) begins its sixteenth year as the flagship journal for the Division of International Special Education and Services (DISES). The journal has undergone rapid changes in the last five years, most noticeable was the addition of Mian Wang of the University of California as co-editor along with our expansion to two issues a year (we continue to plan for more than two issues per year). After two years as co-editor, Dr. Wang left the journal at the end of 2012 (Volume 15). I would like to personally thank Mian