《世界人权宣言》第26条和《儿童权利公约》第28条明文规定特殊需要儿童享有教育的普世权利。2008年中国签署了《联合国残疾人权利公约》,该公约再次肯定了上述权利,并且成为第一个特别申明包容教育(融合教育)权利的具有法律约束力的文件:“残疾人不因残疾而被排拒于普通教育系统之外,残疾儿童不因残疾而被排拒于免费和义务初等教育或中等教育之外;缔约国确认残疾人享有受教育的 Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child expressly stipulate that children with special needs have universal rights to education. In 2008, China signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which again affirmed the above rights and became the first legally binding document to specifically affirm the right to inclusive education (”integration of education“): ”Persons with disabilities shall not be penalized for their disabilities Were excluded from the general education system and children with disabilities were not excluded from free and compulsory primary education or secondary education on the basis of disability; the State party recognized that persons with disabilities had access to education