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but they are available at its office in Bangkok only. Training on the

familiarization with the environment and on mobility for visually impaired

persons is done on a project basis and can be terminated at any time. A

hearing aid is given only to those who are diagnosed to have hearing loss of

lower than 80 decibels. Public hospitals usually do not have development

rehabilitation for persons with intellectual disability.

47. Recommendation: The government should make available medical

technology that helps to eliminate barriers to the daily living of persons

with disabilities such as a sight enabling device for the visually impaired. It

should provide hearing aid to persons who have a hearing loss of lower

than 80 decibels to enhance their hearing of other sounds such as that of

an approaching car, which would make it safer for them when traveling on

a road. The government should also expand medical and rehabilitation

services to reach out to persons with disabilities such as in Japan, where

there is a rehabilitation center in every village in accordance with the each

type of disability. A more accessible service can help reduce the severity of

disability. Children with certain type of disability who have been rehabilitated

at a very early stage have a good chance to develop almost as normally as

ordinary children.

48. As for persons with mental disability, the Mental Health Department of

the Public Health Ministry is the agency that provides technical and

academic services but is not responsible for giving medical treatment or

rehabilitation. Psychiatrists at public hospitals have to treat persons with

mental disability as well as patients with mental illnesses. These patients

are growing in number each year, putting a strain on service available to

persons with mental disability. The Public Health Ministry has not