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parents who are not employed and look after their children on a full-time

basis since they cannot benefit from the tax deduction scheme. The

government should develop a specific work plan to assist families facing

difficulty in caring for their children with disabilities including low income

or single parent families, using the UN poverty line as a reference.

Financial support in various forms such as a grant for poor families and

monthly allowance for persons with disabilities should be reviewed to

accord more with the cost of living. The government may consider

providing supplementary income to a person with disability with low

earning to so that his or her total income is not less than the minimum

wage rate.

33. Presently, many children with autism live with their relatives who are

usually the older members of the family. There is concern that if these

members can no longer take care of the children, how the government

will look after them. There are now care institutions for persons with

various types of disabilities but not for children with autism, while home

for children may not have the staff with the knowledge to care for these

children.

34. Recommendation: The Social Development and Human Security

Ministry should be responsible for finding a foster family for children with

disabilities who have no family members to care for. Putting such children

under the care of an institution should be a measure of last resort since

children growing up there do not usually develop social and other life

skills as is the case with ordinary children. If such a family cannot be found,

the Ministry may use the “group home” approach where families in the

community take the children under their care and receive remuneration from