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The results of a national survey of disabled children in 1987 in China and the implications and recommendations for government and society to deal with recovery, education, and prevention are discussed. 41 questions were used to screen for children 14 years old with disabilities. Physicians followed up with positive identification of cases. The visually disabled were defined as those with corrected vision of 0.3. Hearing or speech disability meant hearing loss in both ears of 41 decibels, or aphasia, aphonia, or unclear speech. Mental disability referred to an IQ 50 or indicative behavior. Limb and trunk disabilities involved malformation or functional impediments of upper or lower arms or spine. Psychotic disabilities included mental or social functional disorders. Compound disabilities were also counted. 2.66% of the total children surveyed (1,579,316 in 369,448 households) were disabled and constituted 15.83% of all disabled (77,435). 65.96% children had mental, 14.2% had speech or hearing, 7.58% had physical, 9.87% had compound, 2.22% had visual, and .17% had psychotic disabilities. The error rate was set at 1.16%. Extrapolating to the national population, the 15.83% disabled translates to 8.17 million disabled children 14 years: 5.39 million intellectually disabled, 1.16 with speech or hearing disabilities, .806 with compound disabilities, .62 with physical disabilities, .181 with visual disabilities, and .014 with mental disabilities. 5 main features of the disabled are pointed out and discussed: 1) that males outnumber females, 2) that the qualitative rate increases with age, 3) that more disabled children are in villages than in cities, 4) that most have mental disabilities, and 5) that there are more minor disabilities than major disabilities. Several points are made concerning these figures. 1) Recovery is the remedy to many children's problems. 40-50% of all disabled needed hospital care or outpatient treatment including cataract extraction, orthopedic assists, and hearing and speech therapy. 2) Education is the basis of self-support for disabled children. 6.25 million were school aged but 44.75% (2.15 million) could not get to school. Special education schools and facilities need to be improved in order to comply with the compulsory education law. 3) Disability prevention raises population quality. Hereditary factors can be prevented with prevention of marriage between relatives, emphasizing "birth to the best," and preventive health checks before marriage and births. Hearing diseases can be cured with medical care. Prenatal health care, improved nutrition, and education of infants and children will help sociopsychological problems. Road accidents or external injury can be prevented through safety measures.
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PMID:A study of the current situation regarding disabled children in China and its countermeasures. 1234 79