The "Budget" will be released next Wednesday (22nd). New Thinking Legislative Council social welfare member Di Zhiyuan and several disadvantaged groups held a press conference today (16th), hoping that the budget will pay more attention to services for people with disabilities.
The waiting time for residential care homes for the disabled exceeds 10 years.
(File photo/photo by Wu Zhongkun)
The waiting time for residential care homes for the disabled exceeds 10 years
Di Zhiyuan said that as society returns to normal after the epidemic, the government should allocate more resources to assist people with disabilities.
He said that the current waiting time for disabled homes has exceeded 10 years, and services for the disabled must catch up. He asked the government to set up a commission for disabled persons to formulate a blueprint for services for the disabled, and set up a fund for the disabled with 5 billion yuan to improve services.
Promoting the relaxation of comprehensive delay restrictions for people with disabilities
Li Peiwei, chairman of the Association for the Severely Mentally Handicapped, pointed out that under the current system, disabled persons need to be separated from their families and live independently before they can apply for Comprehensive Relief. However, severely mentally handicapped persons cannot be completely independent at all. If you live together, it is recommended to relax the relevant restrictions.
She continued to point out that many caregivers in the society who "care for the elderly" and "care for the disabled" hope that the special allowance and caregiver's allowance of the "Community Care Fund" will be included in the disability allowance. Hope to increase from 75,000 yuan to 120,000 yuan.
Huang Weixiong, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Mentally Handicapped Parents, hopes to strengthen respite care and temporary residence services, and increase resources to allow service agencies to recruit more staff.
Di Zhiyuan asked the government to set up a committee on affairs for persons with disabilities.
(File photo/Photo by Gong Jiasheng)
Hope that the government and society will employ more people with disabilities
Huang Junheng, chairman of the Hong Kong Blind Union, hopes that the government will reserve places for people with disabilities when creating jobs, set an example, and provide incentives such as tax cuts to encourage private employers to hire people with disabilities such as visually impaired people.
Lee Siu-kwong from the Deaf Society Concerned about the Rights and Interests of Hearing Impaired Students proposed that the government subsidize the cost of cochlear implant replacement for needy students and assist them to replace their hearing aids every 5 years.
Zhang Hanhua, Director-General of the Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of the Deaf, also pointed out that the quality of hearing aids affects the learning progress of students, and suggested providing remedial classes, speech therapists and other support.
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