Study Finds Disabled Students Unwelcome in Mainstream Schools

(Beijing) — Two-thirds of parents in China said they would be concerned if mainstream schools allowed disabled children to study alongside those who are not, an advocacy group's survey found.

Only 8 percent said they do not want their children to study alongside disabled children at mainstream schools. But over 54 percent said they would be concerned about a drop in teaching quality if teachers had to provide special assistance to the disabled, a report published Wednesday by Save the Children, a London-based nonprofit, shows.