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In recent years, under the correct leadership of China’s Provincial Party committee and provincial government as well as under the guidance of China Disabled Persons’ Federation, with the rapid development economy of Guangdong Province, the cause of the province disabled personnel has gained remarkable achievement. Disabled persons’ social status and situation have improveed obviously, Some disabled persons’ vocational work fields walk in the national front row. The achievements Mainly show in the following aspects: New disabled person view has been established at all levels Party Committee, governments pay close attention to and develop the undertakings of the people with disabilities, the cause of disabled persons has been included in the government work agenda. Socialized rehabilitation service system takes shape basically. There have been 450 disabled people’s rehabilitation service organizations in the whole province, 125 service stations of supplying apparatus for the people with various disabilities, 117 guide departments of the rehabilitation service for the disabled persons. Through efforts, more than 600,000 disabled persons have recovered in various degrees, the education of the children with disabilities has been included in nine-year compulsory education. There are 61 special education schools in the whole province and more than 35,000 students studying in them. The schools’ attendance rate is up to 96%. Guangdong Province People's Congress issues" Guangdong Province disperses and arranges disabled person's employment method pro rata". It becomes the first one which was named the local regulation to obtain employment pro rata in the whole country.
At the end of" the Ninth Five-Year Plan", disabled persons’ employment rate of the whole province is up to 80%; Disabled persons’ living standard has been improved sharply. The disabled persons were included in the minimum living guarantee range. Some city government pull out and publish special fund, implement the special subsistence allowance to the poor with the serious disabilities. In 1999, Guangdong Province took the lead in the whole country in solving the problem of the adequate food and clothing for nearly 50,000 poor disabled persons. Disabled persons’ recreational and sports activities is becoming so active that there has emerged a group of outstanding athletes and artists with disabilities, at the same time, the social environment in which the disabled persons participate is improved obviously. " the project of south Guangdong help the disabled " advocated by Guangdong Disabled Persons’ Federation caused a strong response in the whole province, More than 25 million was raised by The whole province and in the first-phase it was used to help over 10,000 persons with disabilities for rehabilitation, education, employment etc. A great many of the people with disabilities are self-respect, self-improvement, self-confidence, and self-independence. Just because of their valuable spirits and optimistic attitude towards life, they have gained others’ respect, understanding, concern and assistance in society. Practice has proved that the development of undertakings of the disabled creates a positive effect on protecting the disabled persons’ human rights, maintaining society fair, Promoting the overall development of socialist modernization as well as keeping the stability and unity of the whole society.
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