Kim Tae-jin, Gwangju Seo-gu Council Member, "Addressing Missing Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Prevention Methods and System Establishment"

The 'Partial Amendment Ordinance on Support for People with Developmental Disabilities,' proposed by Kim Tae-jin, a member of the Gwangju Metropolitan City Seo-gu Council, has passed the relevant standing committee, the Social and Urban Committee.

Currently, Seo-gu has 1,643 people with developmental disabilities, and the number of missing reports for intellectual, autism spectrum, and mental disabilities has been gradually increasing: 196 cases in 2020, 218 cases in 2021, 216 cases in 2022, and 222 cases in 2023. Considering the yearly increase, additional measures are necessary to ensure the safety of people with developmental disabilities.

Accordingly, the ordinance was created to establish necessary provisions for supporting the prevention of missing persons among people with developmental disabilities, aiming to provide more systematic support for socially vulnerable and marginalized individuals, and ultimately to contribute to improving the quality of life for families of people with disabilities.

The main contents of the ordinance include ▲establishing definitions related to missing persons ▲formulating and implementing a basic plan for missing prevention ▲support projects for missing prevention ▲and building cooperative systems.

Councilor Kim stated, “Through this ordinance amendment, I hope more practical and effective measures for preventing missing persons among people with developmental disabilities will be established,” and added, “We will continue efforts to protect the safety and rights of people with developmental disabilities.”

Shin Dong-ho, Honam Reporting Headquarters, Asia Economy bless4ya@asiae.co.kr

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