抄録
On the 23 April, 1992, the United Nations organization, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), proclaimed the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002(resolution 48/3). Between 1-5 December, 1992ESCAP, with the cooperation of the government of China and Disabled People International held a meeting to launch the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons". At this meeting the ESCAPAgenda for Action was unanimously approved. The ESCAP Agenda for Action consists of a series of objectives directed towards achieving "the full participation and equality of people with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific". One of the service delivery strategies endorsed in this Agenda is community based rehabilitation (CBR). Endorsement of CBR changes its status from being a theoretical approach to rehabilitation to accepted practice that has now been pilot tested in many places throughout the world.
