Moving to China with a disability

China has made an effort to support people with disabilities. Every sidewalk in every city, and town has raised areas for blind people to use. There are wheelchair ramps, and braille menus on most public signs.

The further out you go from the bigger cities, the less prevalent these aides are.

I actually have a video here on my blog that shows how wheelchair bound people use the subways in China...

https://metallicman.com/laoban4site/sna … ia-part-9/

Everything depends on your disability.  Remember, China is a mix of old and new.  The newer metro stations all have accommodations for disabled people, the older ones not so much.  It gas only been in the last decade or so that China has focused on people with disabilities.

As for healthcare,  it is good here, but depending on your insurance you may have different experiences.  I have good insurance and the treatment is great!

As for immigration,  that may be an issue.  To get a residence visa requires a physical.  I assume the physical is required because China doesn't want "sick" foreigners here.  I would recommend finding the details of the physical requirements before coming.  Good news is you can get a multiyear business or tourist visa and stay as long as you like, bad news is every 90 days you have to leave and reenter then go to the police station to extend your temporary residence permit.

Yeah, I don't know where Vannrox lives, but I travel China extensively and haven't seen much for disabled people most where I have been. Maybe he's in the larger 1st tier cities in the newer areas.

Admittedly most of my travels are to 2nd and 3rd tier cities. few weeks ago i was in Guilin Guangxi down South, before that Zhuozhou Hebei, HoHot Inner Mongolia, Xining Gansu,  Nanjing and Jinhu Anhui ... many many more.

There is nothing for disabled people that i see, I do see people being pushed in wheelchairs down the roads because the footpaths are usually made from those stupid tiles they insist on using everywhere (that keep breaking and lifting or sinking unevenly) - note that the tiles have those special ribbed tiles guides for blind people though.

By the way, my Cousin is a Tetraplegic and I have thought of bringing him over for a visit, so i have been aware of it to some extent.

So no, not much for disabled people outside of the biggest cities, but on the other hand, you can hire people quite cheaply to asist you.