Report on Disability Situation in Thailand 2561

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Annual report of the disabled people in Thailand

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Situation of disableds in Thailand

  • - 2,041,159 peoples with disabilities who received their 'disability identity cards'(PWD) (3.08 percent of the population of the whole country)
  • - Persons who are male 1,068,145 (52.33%) and females 973,014 (47.67%)

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Disability

in order of percentage from high to low

  • 1. Mobility disableds 1,015,955 persons (49.77%)
  • 2. Hearing impaired 375,680 persons (18.41%)
  • 3. Visually impaired 204,012 persons ( 9.99%)
  • 4. Physically impaired 151,329 persons ( 7.41%)
  • 5. Psychologic disorders 134,996 persons( 6.61%)
  • 6. Autism 12,297 persons ( 0.60%)
  • 7. Learning problems 10,133 persons ( 0.50%)
  • - More than one type of disability, 128,682 persons (6.30%)
  • - Applications in process, eg. waiting for confirmation 8,075 persons (0.40%)

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Causes of disabilities

  • - No given causes, or unidentified by doctors 59.75%
  • - Congenitial disability (present from birth) 15.87%
  • - Caused by accidents 11.30%
  • - Post birth developped causes (coronaty artery disease / spinal cord disease / infection / diabetes / epilepsy) 7.67%
  • - More than one of the causes from above 4.69%
  • - Hereditary (genetically from elders) 0.72

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Analytical definition by age and disability type

  • - Persons in the age range 15 - 60 years 882,576 persons (46.26%)
  • - Persons 60 years and older 1,109,281 persons (51.97%)
  • - People with disabilities between the ages 22 - 59 years with the highest rate of disability type 47.04% and the eldery(60 years and older) 55.58%
  • - People with disabilities in their infancy and grow-up years have the highest ratio of intellecutally disorders 29.84%

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Education for the disabled

Uneducated people with disabilities 96,077 peoples (4.71% from those who have the PWD card) are divided in the following:

  • - Underaged for study (preschool age) 6,640 (6.91%)
  • - Peoples who has (already) reached the age of education 89,437 (93.09%)
  •  .. of whom are eldery peoples (Aged 60 and up) 33,587 (83.49%)
    • Educated people with disabilities 1,231,999(from those who have the PWD card) are divided in the following:

      • - Primary education 1,167,780 (94.79%)
      • - Secondary education 25,518 ( 2.07%)
      • - Non-Formal education (outside school) 16,444 (1.33%)
      • - Lower primary education 8,779 (0.71%)
      • - Diploma or Certificate level 5,179 (0.42%)
      • - Undergraduate level 4,295 (0.35%)
      • - Postgraduate level 3,273 (0.26%)
      • - Other minor certifications 767 (0.06%)

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People with disabilities who has reached the age for working

    Aged 15 - 60 years 882,576 peoples
  1. - Employed peoples 218,392 (24.74%)
  2. - Unemployed peoples who are able to work 156,905 (17.78%)
  3. - Unable to work (Due to the grade of their disability) 59,712 (6.77%)
  4. - No occupational information are given by 447,567 peoples (50.71%)
    Occupations of working peoples:
  1. - Agriculture business 25.79%
  2. - General business 24.66%
  3. - Private business / self employed 6.67%
  4. - Private sector 4.69%
  5. - Civil and/or other state enterprises 0.36%
  6. - Other / Unspecified 37.83%

Source: www.dep.go.th