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Recent condition of youths and adults in Macau with autism,  Article presented in the 15th Asian Conference for Mental Retardation, 12-16th Nov. 2001,  Manila, Philippines.    

Dr. HO Siu-chiu

Mental Handicap:139,022   persons

Autism：6,951

Mental Ill Patient：94,274

Visual Impaired：76,509

Physically Handicapped：72,937

Hearing Impaired：40,555

Population of Disabled Groups in HK

Estimated HK Total Population：6,951,000

Total Disabled Population：430,248

Percentage of disabled population in HK：6.19%

Source：Social Welfare Department  2001

The Society for the Welfare of Autistic Persons  (Hong Kong)

Address: Room 210-214, Block 19, Shek Kip Mei Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong  Tel. +852-2788-3226 / Fax +852-1778-1414       www.swap.org.hk

Chinese Terminology of Autism    自閉症   或  孤獨症

English Term ：  Autism

自閉症  (HK香港、Macau澳門、Taiwan台灣)

孤獨症   (China 中國)

Beijing Association for Rehabilitation of Autistic Children (BARAC)

北京市孤獨症兒童康復協會

The estimated population of persons with autism in China is 600,000 (2002)

Address:
The No 6 Hospital attached to Beijing University
No 51 Huayuan Bei Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, P.R.China
Contact Person
Ms. Jia meixiang,Ms Jiang wan or MsYu Mingxue
Tel: 86-10-62078248
Fax: 86-10-62027314
Email: barac@public.fhnet.cn
website: http://www.autism.com.cn