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training and parents of children with disabilities should be involved in its

design. For vocational training, children with disabilities should either be

allowed to do the work assignment at home or receive the training in

business establishments so that they can develop necessary skills for

working with others and living in the community. The Disabilities Fund

could be used to promote and support such training.

42. Section 8 of the Education for Persons with Disabilities Act of 2008

requires all educational institutions to make accessible to persons with

disabilities physical environment, learning support system, technology and

facilities and other kinds of services and assistance relating to education.

However, such law is not effectively implemented. The Primary Education

Office informed that the government provides each student with disability a

financial assistance of 2,000 baht for the purchase of educational materials,

services and facilities. But such assistance is not accessible to all students.

The production of educational materials for students with disabilities is often

done on a project basis which lacks continuity and sustainability, and it is not

completed in time for the study in each semester. The materials usually do

not correspond with the students’ need as specified in the individual

educational plan. The lack of such materials has made students with

disabilities to choose to study at certain schools with readiness in

educational materials, resulting in the crowdedness of students with

disabilities at those schools. The delay in the production of education

materials is an important problem faced by children with visual impairment.

Given such delay, charitable organizations have to take up the duty of

producing materials for students with disabilities instead. Moreover, the

provision of educational equipment to students does not take into account