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Objective To analyze functioning and disability, unmet needs and the service for people with disabilities in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Methods Based on International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and World Report on Disabil-ity, the theoretical framework had been constructed, and the unmet needs and service status for people with disabilities in Shenzhen in 2015 had been statistically analyzed. Results For the statistics of disability by categories, physical disability composed of 42.5%, speech disability composed of 1.5%;people with severe and extremely severe disabilities composed of 52.8%;Futian District composed of 19.7%, Yantian District composed of 2.2%;people aged 0 to 18 years composed of 17.4%, and people aged over 60 years (27.0%) were the larger group. For the unmet needs of people with disabilities, 25%needed rehabilitation therapy, 18.8%needed functional training, 23.2%needed assis-tive devices, and 32.9%had no need. For rehabilitation sevice in Shenzhen, 24.4%received rehabilitation therapy, 17.4%received function-al training, 20.4%received assistive devices, and 37.6%did not receive any service. For the barrier-free reconstruction, 4.6%needed bath-room reconstruction, and 0.7%needed internet access screen software. Conclusion The status of functioning and disability, unmet needs and service development of rehabilitation in Shenzhen had been analyzed. There was still a gap between unmet needs and services of rehabilita-tion. It recommended to construct precise services delivery based on unmet needs, improve the full coverage and quality of service of reha-bilitation.
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This paper systematically analyzed the background and development of World Report on Disability (WRD). Disability is an issue of human right and development. The theoretical framework and contents of WRD had been discussed. WRD concluded the evidences and proposed recommendations for policy making of disability and rehabilitation. This paper had been proposed WRD implications to dis-ability.
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@#World Report on Disability discussed the current situation of persons with disabilities, health care, rehabilitation, support and assistance, barrier-free environment, education, employment, and relevant policy recommendations, adhering to the spirit of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health as its theoretical structure.Based on the report, this article discussed the revelations to services of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities and their problems,which were advocating new concepts of rehabilitation services, using multidisciplinary rehabilitation model, and strengthening construction of talents in services of rehabilitation.