Recent statistics show a high ratio of people with disabilities in Vietnam, and
they are facing difficulties in their daily lives. There are numerous significant legal
documents and policies supporting people with disabilities but the well-being of disabled
people has improved little. They are still less supported to have an independent life or to be
comprehensively empowered. In an eastern country with high traditional value on the role
of education, it is found that wider Vietnamese society and people with disabilities
themselves recognise education as the best way to deal with such life challenges. So, from
survey findings by Vietnam Association for the Handicapped (2013-2014) in Hanoi and
Danang, this paper focuses on how people with disabilities experience their lives in
educational contexts in order to gather a fuller perspective of their social inclusion and to
propose the implication of further measures of support for their well-being.