%0 Journal Article %T Handicapped people in China %A Tobias Tretter %A Sabine Buchacher %J Empirische Sonderp£żdagogik %D 2009 %I Pabst Science Publishers %X This article deals with the situation and living conditions of handicapped people in China. It describes the school and educational system, training and working conditions, rehabilitative and preventive activities as well as the public view and the view of the Chinese government on disabled persons.All in all it can be noticed that living conditions of handicapped people have improved a lot in China by, amongst others, national models of integration and local support. Nevertheless, there is still a big difference between rural and urban areas. %K disability in China %K comparative special education %K international studies in special education %U http://www.psychologie-aktuell.com/fileadmin/download/esp/2-2009/tretter.pdf