Strengthen the Life-long Care for the People with Developmental Disabilities’ announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the urging a full investigation on the families of the persons with developmental disabilities. B) Criticisms Related to ‘Measures to Strengthen the Life-long Care for the People with Developmental Disabilities’ The government is implementing support for the people with developmental disabilities as a national task. In addition, through the measures to strengthen lifelong care for people with developmental disabilities announced in November, support plans were announced, including preparing a 24-hour care support system for the people with severe developmental disabilities, expanding care services, raising disability pensions and disability benefits, and expanding job support. This approach appears to have a positive side, such as expanding the support for the entire life cycle of the people with developmental disabilities, and improving the problem of deducting the activities support service time (activity assistance, visiting bath, visiting nursing) when using the daytime activity service, which had been criticized, etc. However, the human rights groups for the disabled still raise some issues.187) First, there is a criticism that distinguishing and supporting people with “most severe” developmental disabilities could repeat the problem of the “disability grading system,” which was phased out from 2019, for failing to consider the individual needs of people with disabilities. There would be no other choice but to select the ‘most severe case’ using the grading system according to the medical model, but in such a case, the scope of people with disabilities who actually need protection of their rights may be reduced. In response, the government has decided to set standards through the ongoing research on the development of integrated care services for the people with severe developmental disabilities, and establish a reasonable plan through communication with academia and the disability communities. 187) See Ministry of Health and Welfare Briefing, Nov. 29, 2022; Yonhap News, Lessening the Burden of Caring for Developmentally Disabled ... Concern for Revival of the Disabilities Grading System, Nov. 29, 2022; The Indigo, Ministry of Health and Welfare Refutes on the Criticism for the Life-long Care for the Developmentally Disabled, Dec. 6, 2022. 76