Key characteristics of CBR in China

Top-down : Disability Issues & CBR strategies are integrated into China’s Five Year National Plans

Government led & supported (regulations & national planning), funded and monitored

Bottom-up:

CBR is planned, implemented, funded at local levels (city, district, county) with responsible officers/staff at each level

Voice of People with Disability and their families

China Disabled Persons Federation(CDPF) & disability associations

Community/villages: “disability commissioner”: village selects a person with disability to take on this position

Self-help and parents’ groups (in some CBR projects); NGOs; internet discussion groups/social media