Abstract: Objective To investigate the status of rehabilitation demands and services of persons with disability in rural area in Shanghai.MethodsXinhe town of Chongmin county was selected as the sample by stratified-cluster random sampling method, and the rehabilitation demands and services of 1128 persons with disability were surveyed.ResultsThe realization rate of rehabilitation demands in Shanghai suburb was 81.3%. The realization rate of different rehabilitation demands was different. Only 4.0% persons with disability had obtained assistive devices.ConclusionIn order to improve the realization rate of rehabilitation demand, more rehabilitation relief, balanceable development of rehabilitation service and assistive devices service should be enhanced.

Key words: rural area, persons with disability, rehabilitation demands, realization rate