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Daejeon City to set up the hospital. However, the government is planning to support KRW
7.8 billion, about 29% of the construction cost, without any plan for further support in facility
cost, equipment cost, operation cost, etc, which is criticized by the civil society for lacking
sufficient public concern.
138. Infrastructure for early detection of disabilities and relevant support is also insufficient:
Only minimal support provided for low and lower income families in diagnosis expense for
disabilities, a monthly voucher worth KRW 120,000 for treatment of school-aged children,
and monthly subsidy varying from KRW 140,000 to 220,000 for a family whose income
under 150% of national average household income for developmental rehabilitation service.
These are not enough to cover medical expenses, placing much burden on the families
taking care of children with disabilities.
2) Questions
139. What does the government plan to ensure medical support for children with disabilities?
140. Does the government have any plan to facilitate stable delivery of rehabilitation treatment?
Issue 39. Education for Children with Disabilities
1) Current status
141. The Act on Special Education for Person with Disabilities, etc. stipulates the provision
of education services for those with various and special needs and the prohibition of
discrimination against a person for special education, i.e., refusal of an application for
admission or unfair educational opportunity for reasons of her/his disability.
142. 2018 Special Education Statistics by the Ministry of Education show that, as of 2018,
the number of students eligible for special education reaches 90,780, about an average
increase of 1,000 a year since 2011. Furthermore, one out of five classes in the total of
about 4,600 classes in the special education facilities nationwide is overcrowded over its
statutory quota. As the schools are located in and around cities, 1,853 students have to
commute a long way more than an hour for one way with 11 of them taking two hours for one
way.
143. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced a plan in 2015 that it would
build a special school in an old school site in Gangseo District, faced a strong resistance
from residents concerned about a potential drop of prices of house in the neighborhood.
After much debate, in 2018, Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education,
members of the National Assembly, and an opponent group against the construction of a
special school reached an agreement to build the school on the site.
2) Questions
144.
Please elaborate on the government's policy to fully ensure rights to education of