ABSTRACT
In 1982, the newly revised Constitution of the People’s Republic of China stated that “the nation is responsible for providing disabled citizens with opportunities to work, live, and be educated” (National People’s Congress, 1982, Article 45). According to the Compulsory Education Law of the People’s Republic of China, all children including those with disabilities who have reached the age of six shall be enrolled in school and receive compulsory education for the prescribed number of years. Due to the large number of students with disabilities and the lack of special schools, a national policy on inclusive education called “Learning in Regular Classrooms” (LRC) was delivered by the Chinese Government. Specific regulations and details of implementing the LRC program were stated in the 1994 Tentative Regulation on Implementing Learning in Regular Classrooms for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities. In 2007, the LRC program served approximately 65 per cent of students with disabilities (Ministry of Education of China, 2007).
