What benefits does China have for children with mental retardation?

The state has a special law on the protection of the disabled, and the sixth chapter is about welfare.

Chapter I General Principles

Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution for the purpose of safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of disabled people, developing undertakings for disabled people, and ensuring that disabled people fully participate in social life on an equal footing and enjoy social material and cultural achievements.

Article 2 A disabled person refers to a person who is mentally, physically and structurally disabled or whose organization and function are abnormal, and who completely or partially loses the ability to engage in certain activities in a normal way.

Disabled people include people with visual disabilities, hearing disabilities, speech disabilities, physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, mental disabilities, multiple disabilities and other disabilities.

Disability standards are formulated by the State Council.

Article 3 Disabled persons enjoy equal rights with other citizens in political, economic, cultural, social and family life.

The civil rights and personal dignity of disabled people are protected by law.

Discrimination, insult and infringement of disabled persons are prohibited.

Article 4 The state adopts auxiliary means and supportive measures to give special help to disabled people, reduce or eliminate the influence of disability and external obstacles, and ensure the realization of the rights of disabled people.

Article 5 The state and society shall give special protection, preferential treatment and pensions to disabled soldiers, persons disabled in the line of duty and other disabled persons, and safeguard the interests of the state and people.

Article 6 People's governments at all levels shall incorporate the cause of the disabled into the national economic and social development plan, include funds in the fiscal budget, make overall plans, strengthen leadership and make comprehensive coordination, and take measures to ensure the coordinated development of the cause of the disabled with the economy and society.

The State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government take organizational measures to coordinate relevant departments to do a good job in the cause of the disabled. The specific institutions shall be formulated by the people's governments of the State Council and provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

The relevant departments of the people's governments at all levels should keep close contact with the disabled, listen to their opinions, and do a good job in the work of the disabled in accordance with their respective responsibilities.

Article 7 The whole society should carry forward the socialist humanitarian spirit, understand, respect, care for and help the disabled, and support the cause of the disabled.

Organs, organizations, enterprises and institutions and urban and rural grass-roots organizations should do a good job in the work of disabled people within their respective scope.

State functionaries and other persons engaged in the work for the disabled should perform their glorious duties and strive to serve the disabled.

Article 8 The China Disabled Persons' Federation and its local organizations represent the interests of the disabled, safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, unite and educate them and serve them.

The Federation of Disabled Persons undertakes the tasks entrusted by the government, carries out work for the disabled, mobilizes social forces and develops the cause of the disabled.

Article 9 The legal dependents of disabled persons must fulfill their maintenance obligations.

Guardians of the disabled must perform their guardianship duties and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the ward.

Relatives and guardians of disabled persons should encourage and help disabled persons to enhance their self-reliance.

Abuse and abandonment of the disabled are prohibited.

Article 10 Disabled persons must abide by the law, fulfill their due obligations, observe public order and respect social morality.

Disabled people should carry forward the spirit of optimism, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-improvement and self-reliance and contribute to socialist construction.

Article 11 The state shall carry out disability prevention work in a planned way, strengthen its leadership in disability prevention work, publicize and popularize the knowledge of prenatal and postnatal care and disability prevention, formulate laws and regulations, organize and mobilize social forces, and take measures to prevent the occurrence and development of disability in view of heredity, diseases, drug poisoning, accidents, disasters, environmental pollution and other disabling factors.

Article 12 The government and relevant departments shall reward disabled persons who have made remarkable achievements in socialist construction, and units and individuals who have made remarkable achievements in safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests, developing their undertakings and serving them.

Chapter II Rehabilitation

Article 13 The state and society shall take rehabilitation measures to help disabled people recover or compensate their functions and enhance their ability to participate in social life.

Fourteenth rehabilitation work should proceed from reality and combine modern rehabilitation technology with traditional rehabilitation technology in China; Taking rehabilitation institutions as the backbone, community rehabilitation as the foundation and families of the disabled as the support; Focusing on practical, easy and beneficial rehabilitation contents, we will carry out research, development and application of new rehabilitation technologies to provide effective rehabilitation services for the disabled.

Fifteenth the government and relevant departments should set up rehabilitation medicine departments (rooms) in hospitals in a planned way, set up 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 relevant departments shall organize and guide urban and rural community service networks, medical prevention and health care networks, organizations for the disabled, families of the disabled and other social forces to carry out community rehabilitation work.

Educational institutions for the disabled, welfare enterprises and institutions and other institutions serving the disabled should create conditions to carry out rehabilitation training activities.

Disabled people should work hard to train their functions, self-care ability and labor skills under the guidance of professionals and with the help of relevant staff, volunteers and relatives.

The State Council and relevant departments determine key rehabilitation projects by stages, make plans and organize their implementation.

Article 16 Medical colleges and other relevant colleges and universities should offer rehabilitation courses and specialties in a planned way to train all kinds of rehabilitation professionals.

The state and society provide technical training for rehabilitation workers in various forms; Popularize rehabilitation knowledge and teach rehabilitation methods to disabled people and their relatives, relevant staff and volunteers.

Seventeenth relevant government departments should organize and support the research, production, supply and maintenance services of rehabilitation devices, self-help devices, special articles and other auxiliary devices for the disabled.

Chapter III Education

Article 18 The state guarantees the right of disabled people to receive education.

People's governments at all levels should regard education for the disabled as an integral part of national education, make unified planning and strengthen leadership.

The state, society, schools and families implement compulsory education for disabled children and adolescents.

The state waives tuition fees for disabled students who receive compulsory education, and reduces miscellaneous fees according to the actual situation. The state establishes grants to help poor students with disabilities go to school.

Nineteenth education for the disabled, according to the physical and mental characteristics and needs of the disabled, in accordance with the following requirements:

(1) While carrying out ideological and cultural education, strengthen physical and mental compensation and vocational and technical education;

(two) according to the type of disability and the ability to accept, to take general education or special education;

(three) the curriculum, teaching materials, teaching methods, enrollment and school age of special education can be moderately flexible.

Article 20 Education for the disabled should follow the principle of combining popularization with improvement, focus on popularization, focus on developing compulsory education and vocational and technical education, actively develop pre-school education, and gradually develop education above senior secondary level.

Article 21 The State establishes educational institutions for the disabled, and encourages social forces to run schools and donate money for education.

Twenty-second general education institutions should educate disabled people who have the ability to receive general education.

Ordinary primary schools and junior secondary schools must recruit disabled children and adolescents who can adapt to their study and life; Ordinary senior secondary schools, secondary specialized schools, technical schools and institutions of higher learning must recruit disabled candidates who meet the admission standards set by the state, and may not refuse to recruit them because of their disabilities; Refuse to enter school, the parties or their relatives or guardians may request the relevant departments to deal with it, and the relevant departments shall order the school to enter school.

Ordinary preschool education institutions should accept disabled children who can adapt to their lives.

Article 23 Preschool education institutions for disabled children, classes for disabled children attached to ordinary preschool education institutions, preschool classes of special education schools, welfare institutions for disabled children and families of disabled children shall provide preschool education for disabled children.

Special education schools below junior middle school and special education classes attached to ordinary schools implement compulsory education for disabled children and adolescents who do not have the ability to receive general education.

Special education schools above senior secondary school, education classes attached to ordinary schools and vocational and technical education institutions for the disabled shall provide cultural education above senior secondary school and vocational and technical education for qualified disabled people.

Twenty-fourth relevant government departments, units where disabled people work and the society should carry out illiteracy eradication, vocational training and other adult education for disabled people and encourage them to become self-taught.

Article 25 The state shall establish normal schools and specialties for special education at all levels in a planned way, and attach special education classes (departments) to ordinary normal schools to train and train special education teachers. Ordinary normal colleges offer special education courses or teach relevant contents, so that ordinary teachers can master the necessary special education knowledge.

Special education teachers and sign language interpreters enjoy special education allowance.

Article 26 The relevant government departments shall organize and support the research and application of Braille and sign language, the compilation and publication of special education teaching materials, and the development, production and supply of special education teaching AIDS and other auxiliary articles.

Chapter IV Employment

Article 27 The state guarantees the labor rights of disabled people.

People's governments at all levels shall make overall arrangements for the employment of disabled people and create employment conditions for them.

Twenty-eighth disabled employment, the principle of combining centralized and decentralized, adopt preferential policies and support and protection measures, through multi-channel, multi-level and various forms, so that the employment of disabled people is gradually universal, stable and reasonable.

Article 29 The state and society shall establish welfare enterprises, occupational therapy institutions, massage medical institutions and other welfare enterprises and institutions for the disabled to centrally arrange employment for the disabled.

Article 30 The state promotes the employment of disabled persons in all units, and the people's governments at all levels and relevant departments shall do a good job in organizing and guiding the work. State organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions, and urban and rural collective economic organizations shall arrange employment for the disabled in a certain proportion, and choose appropriate jobs and posts for the disabled. The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may set specific proportions according to actual conditions.

Article 31 Relevant government departments encourage and help disabled people to organize themselves voluntarily or start their own businesses.

Article 32 Local people's governments at all levels and rural grass-roots organizations shall organize and support disabled people in rural areas to engage in farming, aquaculture, handicrafts and other forms of productive labor.

Article 33 The state implements a tax reduction or exemption policy for urban and rural welfare enterprises and institutions for the disabled and individual workers with disabilities, and gives support in production, management, technology, capital, materials and venues.

Local people's governments and relevant departments shall determine products suitable for the disabled, give priority to the production of welfare enterprises for the disabled, and gradually determine that some products are exclusively produced by welfare enterprises for the disabled.

The relevant government departments should set a certain amount for the disabled when issuing the employment index for employees.

For disabled people who apply for self-employment, the relevant departments should give priority to issuing business licenses and take care of them in terms of venues and credit.

For rural disabled people engaged in all kinds of productive labor, the relevant departments should give help in production services, technical guidance, agricultural materials supply, agricultural and sideline products acquisition and credit.

Article 34 The state protects the property ownership and operational autonomy of welfare enterprises and institutions for the disabled, and their legitimate rights and interests are inviolable.

Persons with disabilities shall not be discriminated against in recruitment, employment, employment, promotion, job title evaluation, labor remuneration, welfare and labor insurance.

The relevant units shall not refuse to accept disabled graduates from institutions of higher learning, secondary specialized schools and technical schools assigned by the state because of their disabilities; Refuse to accept, the parties may request the relevant departments to deal with, and the relevant departments shall order the unit to accept.

The unit where disabled employees work shall provide working conditions and labor protection suitable for their characteristics.

Article 35 The unit where disabled employees work shall provide on-the-job technical training for disabled employees to improve their labor skills and technical level.

Chapter V Cultural Life

Article 36 The state and society encourage and help disabled people to participate in various cultural, sports and recreational activities, and strive to meet the needs of disabled people's spiritual and cultural life.

Thirty-seventh cultural, sports and recreational activities for disabled people should be geared to the grassroots, integrated into public cultural life, adapted to the different characteristics and needs of all kinds of disabled people, and widely participated by disabled people.

Article 38 The state and society shall take the following measures to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of disabled people:

(a) through radio, film, television, newspapers, books and other forms, reflecting the life of the disabled, for the disabled;

(2) Organizing and supporting the compilation and publication of Braille books, audio books for the blind, books for the deaf and books for the mentally handicapped, launching TV sign language programs, and adding subtitles and explanations to some film and television works;

(3) Organizing and supporting disabled people to carry out mass cultural, sports and recreational activities, holding special art performances and special sports meetings, and participating in major international competitions and exchanges;

(four) cultural, sports, entertainment and other public activities, to provide convenience and care for the disabled. Set up places for the disabled in a planned way.

Article 39 The state and society encourage and help disabled people to engage in literature, art, education, science, technology and other creative work beneficial to the people.

Chapter VI Welfare

Article 40 The state and society shall take assistance, relief and other welfare measures to ensure and improve the lives of disabled people.

Article 41 The state and society provide relief and subsidies to disabled people who have real difficulties in life through various channels.

The state and society provide assistance and relief to disabled people who have no ability to work, no dependents and no source of livelihood in accordance with regulations.

Forty-second disabled units, urban and rural grassroots organizations, disabled families, should encourage and help disabled people to participate in social insurance.

Forty-third local people's governments at all levels and the society set up welfare homes and other placement and adoption institutions to resettle and adopt disabled people in accordance with regulations and gradually improve their lives.

Forty-fourth public service institutions should provide priority services and auxiliary services for the disabled.

Disabled people should be given convenience and care when taking public transport; It is allowed to bring necessary AIDS free of charge.

Blind people can take the city buses, trams, subways and ferries for free. Send books for the blind free of charge.

The people's governments at the county and township levels shall, according to the specific circumstances, reduce the compulsory labor, public welfare fees and other social burdens of rural disabled people.

People's governments at all levels should gradually increase other care and help for the disabled.

Chapter VII Environment

Article 45 The state and society gradually create a good environment and improve conditions for disabled people to participate in social life.

Article 46 The state and society shall gradually implement design specifications for urban roads and buildings that are convenient for the disabled and adopt barrier-free measures.

Article 47 The state and society promote mutual understanding and exchanges between disabled people and other citizens, publicize the cause of disabled people and the deeds of helping disabled people, carry forward the spirit of self-improvement of disabled people, and advocate the social fashion of unity, friendship and mutual assistance.

Article 48 The third Sunday in May every year is the National Day for Helping the Disabled.

Chapter VIII Legal Liability

Article 49 If the lawful rights and interests of disabled persons are infringed, the infringed person or his agent has the right to request the relevant competent department to handle it, or bring a lawsuit to the people's court according to law.

Article 50 State functionaries who violate the law and neglect their duties and damage the legitimate rights and interests of disabled persons shall be ordered by their units or higher authorities to make corrections or be given administrative sanctions.

Article 51 Anyone who infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of disabled persons and causes property losses or other losses or damages shall make compensation or bear other civil liabilities according to law.

Article 52 Whoever uses the disability of a disabled person to infringe upon his personal rights or other lawful rights, which constitutes a crime, shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law.

Whoever publicly insults the disabled by violence or other means, if the circumstances are serious, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of Article 145 of the Criminal Law; If the circumstances are relatively minor, it shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 22 of the Regulations on Administrative Penalties for Public Security.

Abuse of disabled persons shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 22 of the Regulations on Administrative Penalties for Public Security; If the circumstances are serious, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the provisions of Article 182nd of the Criminal Law.

Whoever refuses to support or abandons a disabled person without independent living ability shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the provisions of Article 183 of the Criminal Law.

Whoever commits adultery with a disabled person who can't recognize his behavior because of mental or intellectual disability shall be investigated for criminal responsibility for rape in accordance with the provisions of Article 139 of the Criminal Law.

Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions

Article 53 The relevant departments of the State Council shall formulate relevant regulations according to this Law and submit them to the State Council for approval and implementation.

The standing committees of the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may formulate measures for implementation in accordance with this Law.

Article 54 This Law shall come into force as of May 199 1 2005.

Supplementary question: If you are disabled, there must be insurance money.