4) Status and Challenges of Abuse of the Persons with Disabilities A) Status of Abuse of the Persons with Disabilities in 2022 Statistically, cases of abuse of the persons with disabilities are on the rise. According to the ‘2021 Report on the Status of Abuse of the Persons with Disabilities’ published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Advocacy Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the number of reports of abuse of the persons with disabilities in 2021 was 4,957, a 17.8% increase from the previous year. Among them, 1,124 cases were determined as abuse, an increase of 11.5% compared to 1,008 cases the previous year. However, it is necessary to take into account the fact that active reports are being made due to increased social interest in the abuse of the persons with disabilities, and that cases of abuse are being identified and investigated through organizations advocating for the rights of the persons with disabilities. In the case of the abusers, there were 407 cases (36.2%) of family members or relatives, an increase of 23.0% from the previous year’s 331 cases. Abuse by family or relatives continues to increase since COVID-19. As for the place where abuse occurred, the residence of the victim accounted for 41.1%, followed by a residential facility for the disabled (12.7%) and the residence of the abuser (9.5%). As for the type of disability of victims of abuse, those with developmental disabilities were the most common at 74.1%. Types of abuse varied, with physical abuse (27.4%), economic exploitation (24.9%), repeated abuse (20.8%),198) emotional abuse (11.0%), sexual abuse (10.1%), and neglect (5.8%). In 2022, an incident was reported in which a person with intellectual disabilities was rescued from forced labor in a barn for 30 years,199) and a case was reported to the prosecution due to physical abuse, such as tying the user's body to the toilet for not being able to urinate at a residential facility for the disabled, and forced worship, donations, and labor.200) In particular, a number of cases in which the guardian of a person with 198) Multiple types of abuse in a single incident, such as physical, emotional and sexual abuse, financial exploitation, abandonment, or neglect 199) MBC, A person with intellectual disability enslaved for 30 years at a barn ... wages and pension were taken away, Apr. 28, 2022. 200) Yonhap News, Two side of the facilities for the disabled ... Tied to the toilet and abused, Sep. 2, 2022. 83