Improving Social Policies for Disabled People in China based on existing situation

Shenzhen Middle School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China ( 518000 )

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Abstract

Centered around the social status of and social policy related to disabled people in China, this paper aims to analyze the unfair treatment disabled people in China face. The research shows that because of bias against disabled people and the lack of facilities for them, disabled people in China do not have equal human rights. To improve this situation, developing countries like China should not only promote equal rights for disabled people but also rehabilitate disabled people’s self-esteem. The government should also eradicate negative stereotypes, such as immoral people punished by the god, of disabled people by educating young children the cause of disability in school and the old in the communities. Finally, compared with Western countries, China needs to build more facilities for the disabled. Introduction