00:00Thank you, Speaker.
00:02Ladies and Gentlemen, until 31 October 2024,
00:06there are 33 Autism Care Centres that have registered with the CKM.
00:13Meanwhile, for those who have not registered,
00:16the problem of learning for the Autism category
00:20at the same time is 65,191 people.
00:26KPWKM, the Ministry of Women, Families and Communities,
00:29is aware that the percentage of the Autism category
00:34registered compared to the number of Autism centres throughout the country
00:39under the control of the CKM or other government agencies is not sufficient.
00:44In fact, the government is always trying to implement initiatives
00:48that can provide this service support from time to time.
00:53On our part, KPWKM, several initiatives have been implemented
00:57to achieve a range of offers and requests for this service and support for Autism,
01:03including cooperation with the community and PSK,
01:10which is one of the community recovery programmes, i.e. PPDK.
01:17At this time, there are 573 PDKs operating throughout the country.
01:25And until September 2024,
01:27as many as 19,907 people are receiving PDK services throughout the country in 2024.
01:39The government is providing assistance to reduce the burden of the cost of operating this PDK,
01:46while all OKU trainers also receive an allowance of RM300 per month in PDK
01:54in 2024 alone.
01:56Until September, as many as RM137.4 million of financial assistance
02:03has been distributed for the benefit of all PDKs throughout the country.
02:08At this time, the government has collaborated with PSK
02:12to establish 11 OKU workshops for 6 categories of OKU children
02:17including Down Syndrome, Autism, Dementia, Dementia, Physical and Learning Disorders.
02:25Meanwhile, we are informed that the Prime Minister,
02:29during the 2020-2025 spending request,
02:32among others, has announced an allotment of RM5 million
02:37to build an autism service centre
02:40and RM19 million for the aid of autism learning centres.
02:46God willing, KPWKM will expand this programme in the near future
02:52and with all our support, we will do our best.
02:55Thank you, Mr. Mohamad.
02:56Mr. Mohamad spoke about the lack of space.
03:00But I think I need to say here,
03:02not all parents who have children with autism
03:05need to send their children to a special care centre
03:09to nurse their children.
03:11But what is important is
03:13the need for these special children to get intervention
03:17to help their development.
03:19Intervention programmes such as speech therapy,
03:23I know this is not enough, right?
03:25Occupational therapy, nutritional therapy,
03:28behavioural management therapy
03:30are different according to individual needs.
03:32We will look at the statistics of the adoption of autistic children
03:36at the autism care centre
03:38and will publish it in writing.
03:40The development rules are also different
03:45according to the concept of the centre they want to operate.
03:49If they want to operate a centre to provide daily care
03:53for autistic children,
03:54the operator can register with JKM under the 1993 Care Centre Registration
04:00or the Children's Care Centre Registration in 1984.
04:03If the centre also provides services provided by doctors,
04:08for example, a rehab specialist at a physiotherapy centre,
04:12then they need to register with the Ministry of Health of Malaysia
04:16as an ambulatory care centre
04:18under the 1998 Care Centre Registration.
04:24I have one more question for you, Mr. Mohamad.
04:27I will add it in writing. Thank you.
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