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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1977
A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH WILL BE ADOPTED IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE DISABLED AT ALL INSTITUTIONS WHERE ASSESSMENT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED INCLUDING HOSPITALS, CLINICS, REHABILITATION CENTRES AND EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT CENTRES.
TWO MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT CENTRES THE FIRST IN KOWLOON AND THE SECOND ON HONG KONG ISLAND - WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
A CENTRAL REGISTRY FOR THE DISABLED WILL BE SET UP IN 1978/79, PROBABLY IN SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, TO CENTRALISE ALL RECORDS OF DISABLED PERSONS.
A CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT WILL BE SET UP IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1978 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ON HEALTH EDUCATION TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE INTERESTED IN CARRYING OUT HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN THEIR SPECIAL FIELDS.
IN ADDITION, SIMPLE PRINCIPLES OF REHABILITATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTION AND THE NEED TO SEEK EARLY PROFESSIONAL HELP IN THE EVENT OF ACCIDENT OR ILLNESS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CURRICULUM OF PRIMARY, AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ALL DISABLED CHILDREN WILL BE PROVIDED WITH NINE YEARS OF EDUCATION, AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING WILL BE AVAILABLE BEYOND NORMAL SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE TO HELP THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL.
DISABLED CHILDREN WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO RECEIVE EDUCATION IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS. FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT BENEF IT FROM IT BECAUSE OF THE DEGREE OF DISABILITY, SPECIAL SCHOOLS, CLASSES AND PERIPATETIC SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED.
SPECIAL PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MORE SEVERELY DISABLED CHILDREN.
THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PLACES FOR THE DISABLED WILL BE INCREASED FROM 12,165 IN APRIL 1977 TO 50,800 BY 1985/86.
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED OUTPUT OF TRAINED STAFF FROM PRE-SCHOOL TO VOCATIONAL AND TERTIARY LEVELS, CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF FULL-TIME TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OF SPECIALISED COURSES FOR WHICH TRAINING IS AT PRESENT ONLY AVAILABLE OVERSEAS.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE BRAILLED TEXTBOOKS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE AS FROM APRIL 1, NEXT YEAR AND WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND COVERAGE OF THE EXISTING RESOURCE TEACHING SERVICES FOR BLIND STUDENTS.
/MEDICAL TREATMENT