在我国,特殊教育主要是国家和社会在公共教育体系内为视力残疾、听力残疾、言语残疾、智力残疾、肢体残疾、精神病残疾等残疾儿童、青少年提供的教育。目前,其主要对象是视力残疾、听力残疾、智力残疾三类残疾儿童、少年。新中国成立前,特殊教育属于社会救济、慈善收养的福利事业,新中国成立后,特殊教育成为了国家教育事业的重要组成部分。无论是我国的《宪法》,还是《中华人民共和国残疾人保障法》,都明确了政 In our country, special education is mainly provided by the state and society for disabled children and adolescents with visual disabilities, hearing disabilities, speech disabilities, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities and mental illnesses in the public education system. At present, its main target is visually impaired, hearing disabilities, intellectual disabilities three categories of disabled children, juveniles. Before the founding of new China, special education belonged to the welfare undertaking of social relief and charity adoption. After the founding of new China, special education became an important part of the national education. Both our Constitution and the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of the Handicapped are clear