Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Ministry of Social Development and Human Security

What to be shared? Background

Person with Disabilities Identity card system

Measurement of disabilities

Conclusion

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Background Persons with Disabilities administrative records are

collected and maintained by department of empowerment of person with disabilities

Related to persons with disabilities and the situation on quality of life of persons with disabilities for the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities

To develop plans for the analysis, research, monitoring and evaluation in order to submit to the committee.

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Person with Disabilities Identity card system

The main tools for access person with disabilities special welfare from both government and non-government agencies.

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Person with Disabilities Identity card system

Person with disabilities

Citizen ID

Name

Birth date

Other information (address, salary, etc)

Disabilities types

Disabilities clause

Active Life (Alive/Died)

Disabilities detail

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Measurement of disabilities for DEP

Disability is determined as the impairments of following group:

Visual disability

Hearing or communication disability

Physical or locomotion disability

Mental or behavioral disability

Intellectual disability

Learning disability

Autism

Multiple disabilities

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Measurement of disabilities for DEP

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Disabilities Statistic

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Disease 30.07%

Accident 14.20% Heredity

0.48%

Multiple clauses 2.81%

Age 32.92%

Inborn 19.51%

0 - 5

6 - 14

15 - 21

22 - 59

15 - 60

60 ++

Visual Hearing or communication

Physical or locomotion Mental or behavioral

Intellectual Learning

Autism Multiple disabilities

Age of person with disabilities

Age

Source： Department of empowerment of person with disabilities information center July 30, 2016

Conclusion • PWD identity card registration system is another

way to create person with disabilities records in Thailand.

• The measurement of person with disabilities for DEP is base on medical model.

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Thank you

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