75. The rehabilitation of the deaf is similar to the work of rehabilitat- ing the blind in that the three basic processes of adjustment, training and restoration are also involved. However, because of a shortage of places in schools for the deaf, the Family Services Division continued to operate five clubs which provide some 250 children with suitable courses of instruction and extra-curricular activities. During the year, a sixth club at Yuen Long was nearing completion. It is a remarkable fact that very few deaf person experiences difficulty in finding employ- ment. During the year 56 deaf persons were found jobs in various industrial establishments which constantly recruit deaf trainees.
76. The physically disabled include persons who are incapacitated by such severe injuries as may occur in traffic or industrial accidents; such debilitating disease as leprosy, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, TB, poliomyelitis; and by congenital deformites. These persons may require assistance and training in order to live with their handicap and to lead a useful life.
77. The physically disabled are given training mainly in two centres operated by the Department, namely, the Aberdeen Rehabilitation Centre and the World Rehabilitation Fund Day Centre, in such skills as carpentry, the repair of electrical applicances, leather work, gardening, light mechanical work, printing and tailoring. Sheltered work is also available for the severely disabled but no institution is capable of assuming long term commitments of this kind without losing its ability to produce a regular turnover of trainees. Plans have therefore been made to increase the capacity of the Settlement for the Severely Disabled operated by the Department in order to free the training centres of inmates who are likely to require long term accommodation and sheltered employment.
78. Certain voluntary welfare organizations also provide facilities for the physically disabled. These include the Red Cross, whose day school at Tsz Wan Shan provides education for 120 disabled children; the John F. Kennedy Spastic Centre, which also provides education for 80 children, 60 of whom are boarders; the Pui Oi Club, which is operated by the Lutheran World Federation, provides daily informal education and group activities for 24 children who are unsuitable for schools; and the Heep Hong Club cares for 58 disabled children of pre-school age.
79. Vocational assessment, guidance and training represent only part of the rehabilitative process; rehabilitation is not complete unless the
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