Teachers and children with autism join a performance in a festival for children with autism in HCM City (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Asocial assistance and rehabilitation programme for autistic children and peoplewith mental disorders in 2021 – 2030 has been approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Theprogramme aims to call for all of society to help increase material andspiritual support, care and rehabilitation for autistic children and peoplewith mental disorders to integrate into the community, helping ensure socialsecurity and improving the quality of social assistance services for thementally ill.
Theprogramme aims that in 2021-25, annually at least 80 percent of thementally ill and 80 percent of autistic children will have access to differentforms of medical services.
About70 percent of children from birth to six years old are hoped to be screened forearly detection of autism spectrum defects and early intervention. At least10,000 children with severe autism are set to receive appropriate treatment,education, rehabilitation and assistance in rehabilitation and socialassistance facilities.
Theprogramme also set a target thatin 2021-25, at least 80 percent of children with autism will have accessto education and at least 20,000 people with psychiatric disorders will beprovided with vocational guidance and therapeutic workers at social assistanceestablishments.
Atleast 10,000 households with mentally ill people will be able to borrow capitalwith preferential interest rates for their work, and 80 percent of mentallytroubled people with financial difficulties are hoped to be provided with free legal services.
Atleast 60 percent of social assistance establishments taking care of mentallyill people, autistic children and people with mental disorders are expected tohave sports and fitness clubs.
Toachieve the objectives, the programme outlines keytasks and solutions including medical, educational and career assistance,therapeutic measures and livelihood support.
Itwill develop a network of social assistance institutions in charge of care,rehabilitation education for the mentally ill and autistic children.
Itwill also improve the capacity of medical workers in the field, and recommendsolutions, mechanisms and policies to develop the social assistance system inmental health care. /.
