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Medical Service Needs Of Special Education Students In Chiayi County, Taiwan, Shu-Yi Wang, Yuh-Chin Jean
Medical Service Needs Of Special Education Students In Chiayi County, Taiwan, Shu-Yi Wang, Yuh-Chin Jean
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
The Buddist Tzu Chi Dalin Hospital was responsible for providing medical services to special education students of Chiayi County in 2004. We evaluated the cognitive skills, activities of daily living, language skills, and gross and fine motor functions of 160 disabled students, 113 male and 47 female. Students with mental retardation were the most frequent, followed by students with dyslalia, then autism, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. A needs assessment revealed that 155, 132, and 107 students fed, dressed, and bathed themselves independently, respectively. Ninety-three students had a language disorder, 75 students had fine motor impairment, and 52 students …