This article presents a summary description and analysis of the comprehensive special education legislation in the United States, Mainland China, and Taiwan. Commonalties and differences in these laws are discussed from the perspective of the social and economic circumstances under which they evolved and are implemented. Cross-cultural conclusions are drawn tentatively, but suggest a relationship between each country's general level of developmental and its progress in special education and developmental disabilities.
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