Rehabilitation services aim to help persons with disabilities (PWD) participate in full and enjoy equal opportunities both in terms of their social life and personal growth, by assisting them in developing their physical, mental and social capabilities to the fullest possible extent and by promoting their integration into the community.

The HKSAR Government has been taking a significant role in the development of local rehabilitation services. Among the various departments or authorities, the Social Welfare Department has endeavoured to plan and finance, through the non-governmental organisations, various rehabilitation services to facilitate PWD to develop their potential and make contribution to society.

Meanwhile, non-governmental rehabilitation services organisations, the Hong Kong Joint Council for People with Disabilities as well as those self-help groups mushroomed in the early 1990s for PWD, the chronically ill and parents are also the indispensable service providers or enablers.

In the recent years, private organisations and groups in business sector actively take part in the delivery of rehabilitation services to echo cross-sectoral collaboration in providing a barrier-free environment and diversified services for PWD so as to facilitate their integration into the community.