Otizmden etkilenen çocukların sayısının arttığı belirtiliyor

Jogorku Keneş'in milletvekili "Ala-Too" grubu, 11 Haziran'daki toplantısında engelli çocukların sorununu ele aldı. Toplantıda sunum yapan Sağlık Bakan Yardımcısı Bakytbek Kadyraliev'e göre, Kırgızistan'da otizmden etkilenen çocukların sayısı son yıllarda artıyor. Onun verdiği bilgiye göre şu anda 380 çocuk kayıtlı. "Otizmden etkilenen çocuk sayısı maalesef her geçen yıl artıyor. 2024'te 4 çocuk, 2025'te ise 6 çocuk otizm tanısıyla kayıt altına alındı" dedi. Aynı zamanda Down sendromlu ve serebral palsili çocukların sayısında da azalma olduğu kaydedildi. Uzman, Kırgızistan'da bu tür çocukların rehabilite edilmesi için çaba sarf edildiğini de sözlerine ekledi. Verdiği bilgiye göre Bişkek ve Tokmok'ta eski yetimhanelerin temelinde rehabilitasyon merkezleri kuruldu. Ayrıca Chui'de 580 çocuk ve refakatçilerinin barınabileceği büyük bir rehabilitasyon merkezinin inşa edileceği belirtildi Aisuluu Aytymbetova, chairwoman of the "Patients Union" in Kyrgyzstan, mother of a disabled child, criticized the lack of information about the exact number of children with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and other disabilities: "The number of children with disabilities mentioned today is 37,637. It was registered at the end of 2023. Since then, there are no data for the year. I would like to ask the National Statistics Committee, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration, why there is no information about the exact number of children with disabilities for the following years? Aytymbetova noted that it is difficult to register children with disabilities, that it takes two to three months to go through the MSEC, and she requested that children with genetic disabilities such as autism and Down's syndrome be given the appropriate status until the age of 18. It was noted that although children have the right to receive inclusive education according to the law, this right is limited, most of them study at home or do not receive education at all. It was also said that there is a lack of specialist teachers. He asked to update complete and accurate information on children with disabilities, to ensure the functioning of the inclusive education law, to open rehabilitation centers in the regions, and called on state bodies and authorities to pay attention to children with disabilities as a part of society and the future of the country. At the meeting, a request was made to provide conditions for families with children with disabilities to get housing through the State Mortgage Company. Personal assistants were requested to buy a house through a mortgage company, to allow additional work in addition to personal assistantship, to increase the allowance of children with disabilities According to the information presented at the meeting, in 2010, 22,000 children with disabilities were registered in Kyrgyzstan, and in 2023, their number will reach 37,637. (ZKo)