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The Art for the Disabled Scheme: Enhance Limb-disabled Students’ Social Inclusion through Integration of Art and Charity

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This paper explored how a small group of limb-disabled students enhanced their social inclusion through participation in the Art for the Disabled Scheme, a long-term project aiming to help disabled young people through the integration of extracurricular art instruction and philanthropy. This research was conducted using qualitative case study method. The findings revealed the multiple benefits the disabled students reaped regarding their social inclusion enhancement: financial and material supports; mental well-being improvement; promotion for personal development; positive self and group identity building; and social development. The findings also demonstrated that the successful combination of art and philanthropy through a sustainable, efficient and cross-disciplinary mechanism effectively enhanced disabled young people's full participation in society, and explored the unique roles played by the artists. This research provided new insight into the integration of art and nonprofit social service work for benefiting people in need.