Dongcheng District Special Education School

Dongcheng District Special Education School

Dongcheng District Special Education School serves as a patriotic education base.

Dongcheng District Special Education School was formed in 2002 through the merger of the former Beijing No.1 School for the Deaf and the Dongcheng Training Center for Intellectually Disabled Children. It now primarily enrolls students from Dongcheng District, while also accepting students from Beijing’s other districts and other provinces and cities.

On this unique campus live intellectually disabled students whose various abilities are impaired due to intellectual disabilities, as well as hearing-impaired students whose language learning and communication are severely affected by hearing loss. To meet the high-quality educational needs of these students and their families, the school has gradually developed a “cross” educational framework centered on nine-year compulsory education, extended vertically through preschool and vocational education, and horizontally through inclusive education and community rehabilitation. This approach highlights a people-oriented, harmonious philosophy, aiming to achieve comprehensive education and provide high-quality educational support and services to students and families with special needs. The school strives to meet the highest expectations of students and parents for quality education.

To help disabled students better integrate into society, the school taps into and integrates educational resources, establishing extracurricular interest groups involving all students, organizing sports teams and art troupes, and offering specialized courses such as golf and polymer clay modeling, as well as individualized training programs including speech therapy for children with cerebral palsy and hearing impairments. These efforts cultivate students’ qualities of self-confidence, perseverance, courage, mutual assistance, and friendship. Relying on the “Blue Sky Project,” the school conducts inclusive education activities with students from regular elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as universities, along with a wealth of experiential activities, which broaden the horizons of disabled students and help them realize the importance of self-confidence, resilience, and camaraderie in personal growth. In December 2004, Dongcheng District Special Education School was designated as a “Dongcheng District Patriotic Education Base.”

Address: Building 16, Area 1, Xiaohuangzhuang Road, Anwai Street, Dongcheng District

Opening Hours: 9:00–15:00 (closed on holidays)

Admission: Free (advance reservation required for visits)

Phone: 84270773 / 84273846

Public Transport: Take bus routes 18, 104, 108, 124, 850, or 858, get off at Anwai Ganshuiqiao Station, then walk 50 meters inside the Xiaohuangzhuang intersection, opposite the Temple of Heaven Furniture City

Note: Large cameras, drinks, backpacks, and hazardous items are not allowed.