Disability in Taiwan

[1] Taiwan adopted a universal healthcare system in 1995 to properly support patient care and provide more transparent access to its people, including those who identify as disabled.

[3] Overall this universal scheme includes the law, public facilities, and educational aspect of healthcare.

Taiwan also has different aspects of healthcare to effectively support those that are disadvantaged or disabled, this included subsidies, loans, plans, service guarantee and specific care for medically vulnerable populations.

Families and non-profit, private organizations were responsible for supporting disabled people.

The once-questionable facilities were forced to reform and become suitable for taking care children with disabilities.

Unemployment among disabled people in Taiwan is 14.7%, triple of the amount of those general population which is 4.99%.

[1] Airports provide personnel to assist disabled people free of charge throughout the entire journey from check-in until baggage reclaim.

[9] All of the metro, subway and high speed rail in Taiwan are equipped with accessibility for disabled people.

In the event of unavailability of such facility, then relevant tool are used to help disabled people cast their ballots.

[6] Before the Taiwan Special Education Act of 2013, there was The First Children's Development Center founded in 1981 for students with intellectual disabilities.