China's Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities sets standards and conditions for social rehabilitation institutions for persons with disabilities, and the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities stipulates the following provisions for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities:
According to Article 13 of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities: the State and the society shall take measures of rehabilitation to help persons with disabilities to recover or compensate for their functions, and to enhance their ability to participate in social life.
Article 14 of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities stipulates that rehabilitation work should be carried out from a practical point of view, combining modern rehabilitation technology with China's traditional rehabilitation technology; with rehabilitation institutions as the backbone, community-based rehabilitation as the foundation, and families of persons with disabilities as the backbone; focusing on the content of rehabilitation that is practical, easy to carry out, and of wide benefit, and carrying out research on, and developing and applying, new rehabilitation technology, in order to provide effective rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities.
Article 15 of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities: The government and the relevant departments shall systematically set up rehabilitation medicine departments in hospitals, organize the necessary specialized rehabilitation institutions, and carry out rehabilitation medical treatment and training, scientific research, personnel training and technical guidance. People's governments at all levels and the relevant departments shall organize and guide urban and rural community service networks, medical and preventive health-care networks, organizations of persons with disabilities, families of persons with disabilities, and other social forces to carry out social rehabilitation work.
Educational institutions for the disabled, welfare enterprises and organizations, and other institutions serving the disabled shall create conditions for carrying out rehabilitation training activities. Under the guidance of professionals and with the help of relevant staff, voluntary workers and relatives, the disabled shall endeavor to train in functioning, self-care and labor skills. The State Council and the relevant departments identify key rehabilitation projects in stages, formulate plans and organize efforts to implement them.
Article 16 of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities: Medical schools and other relevant colleges and universities shall systematically offer rehabilitation courses, set up rehabilitation specialties, and train various kinds of rehabilitation professionals. The State and society shall take various forms of technical training for those engaged in rehabilitation; and shall popularize knowledge of rehabilitation and disseminate rehabilitation methods to persons with disabilities, relatives of persons with disabilities, and relevant staff and voluntary workers.
Article 17 of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities: The relevant government departments shall organize and support the development, production, supply, and maintenance services of rehabilitation appliances, self-help tools for life, special goods, and other auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities.
Expanded Information:
Social Rehabilitation Content:
1. Assisting governmental agencies to formulate laws, regulations and various policies to protect the legitimate rights and interests of persons with disabilities, so as to enable them to enjoy the same material life and cultural achievements as the able-bodied. Both the disabled and the elderly and chronically ill are groups with special difficulties in society, and they have special difficulties in medical care, housing and social interaction.
Solving these difficulties requires not only the ****together efforts of all sectors of society, but also the government to formulate relevant laws, regulations and policies. Social rehabilitation workers should, on the one hand, make suggestions to the relevant government departments on the basis of investigation and research, and on the other hand, implement the government's laws, regulations and policies unswervingly.
2. Guaranteeing the right to survival of the disabled, so that they are treated fairly in terms of housing, food, marriage and family, and have the necessary conditions suitable for their survival. If the rehabilitation target lacks these basic conditions, medical, educational and vocational rehabilitation cannot be realized.
3. Provide assistance to the disabled for their own development. To enable them to have the opportunity to receive education and training, and to improve their ability to take care of themselves, their ability to find employment and their ability to participate in society. Disabled people need special education and special learning conditions.
Social rehabilitation workers should try to help them find opportunities to create conditions for school-age handicapped children to enroll in school, so that handicapped candidates who meet the admission standards are not rejected, and so that handicapped students can find suitable jobs.
4. Eliminate physical barriers in the family and in the society, so that the disabled can get the convenience of living and living, and enjoy the services of public **** facilities in the society. Advocating and promoting the design and remodeling of barrier-free environments is an important part of social rehabilitation.
5. Vigorously advocating and realizing the humanitarian spirit, eliminating social discrimination and prejudice against people with disabilities, stimulating the spirit of self-improvement of people with disabilities, and establishing a harmonious social living environment.
6. Organize the disabled to participate in social, cultural, sports and recreational activities with the able-bodied, support the activities of disabled people's own associations, and, through interactions, form a good culture of understanding, respect and concern for the disabled in the whole society.
7. Measures are taken to help persons with disabilities achieve economic self-reliance or to improve their ability to do so, and to ensure that they are not discriminated against in economic life; persons with severe disabilities who are unable to achieve economic self-reliance are helped to obtain the security of life provided by society.
8. Encouraging and promoting the participation of the disabled in the political life of the society, guaranteeing their political rights, and creating conditions and providing assistance for the disabled to participate in the political life of the society are the important contents of the social rehabilitation work.