It is also pointed out that the plan to expand the support services is not realistic. In case of the 24-hour care service, daytime activity support is provided during the day and living in a communal living support housing at night, and in order to receive the support at night, they have to travel a long distance. Human rights groups for the disabled expressed the view that they should be able to receive home-based support. In addition, they argue that it is not easy to secure manpower in reality due to the high intensity of activity support labor, despite the expansion of additional benefits and price increases for the activity support organizations for the people with severe developmental disabilities announced by the government. Another problem to be resolved is the lack of the base hospitals and behavioral development promotion centers (hereinafter referred to as “base hospitals”) designated and managed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare so that people with developmental disabilities can receive treatment for behavioral problems. As of 2022, there are 10 base hospitals nationwide, and 9 out of 17 metropolitan municipalities across the country, including Jeju, Daegu, Gwangju, and Daejeon, do not have the base hospital. Behavioral problems often require long-term treatments. However, 2,683 (32.3%) of 8,285 people with developmental disabilities who used base hospitals in 2021 visited base hospitals in regions other than the place of their residence.188) The government announced that it plans to increase two more base hospitals in 2023, but it is insufficient to solve the problem of medical accessibility. C) The Need for a System to Protect the Rights of Persons with Development Disabilities In 2022, a number of murder-suicide cases involving families with developmental disabilities, and there was a case of a man was charged with attempted murder for attempting suicide with his 9-year-old child with developmental disabilities in Mar. but was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison and 5 years of stay of execution. Among the murder-suicide cases involving families of persons with developmental disabilities that occurred between 2009 and 2022, 3 out of 4 cases of attempted murder and 4 out of 7 cases 188) National Assembly News, People with development disabilities became medical refugees ... Looking for a base hospital for the disabled, Oct. 6, 2022. 77

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