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Recently, dramas dealing with lawyers with autism are popular, and I would like to point out the reality of the developmentally disabled, including autistic disorder, in our society.
Let's take a look at what difficulties you face, what ways you can help yourself become self-reliant, and starting today (3rd).
First, reporter Shin Yong-sik met a designer and a university lecturer who are working to overcome prejudice against autistic people.
<Reporter>
One round in front of the building and another round after arriving at the office.
[Yang Woo-jin/Designer: Hello.]
Yang Woo-jin, who goes to work in a very different way from other office workers, has autism.
Woojin, who is more comfortable communicating with the world through pictures rather than words, is a 7-year veteran designer.
[Yang Woojin/Designer: Team leader here.
(The detail on the back of the wing must be used.)] The
range of designs is diverse, from various stationery such as notebooks to wedding invitations and corporate items.
[Yang Woojin/Designer: I am amazed and happy when I see an actual product.
(Do you have the most memorable design?) It's a set of animal drawing pencils.]
Woojin was able to work thanks to an accidental opportunity that came from the warm interest around him.
[Park Hyun-ja/Yang Woo-jin's mother: The teacher published a book and replaced the picture drawn by Woo-jin in the profile picture in the book.
(A company official) saw it and said 'Call me once'...
.]
There were trials and errors while adapting to work at Woojin’s own pace, but
[Park Hyun-ja/Yang Woo-jin’s mother: Once, the subway just went without stopping, so I was alone at Suseo Station until late at night.
So the staff contacted me and went to pick me up…
.]
The job that he obtained by taking advantage of his aptitude became a source of change and independence for Woojin and his family.
[Park Hyun-ja / Yang Woo-jin's mother: (Woo-jin) looks into her mother's eyes and says hello.
It's because I'm at her job that these changes happen.
As a proud member of society, my family has a bit more leeway…
.]
Yoon Eun-ho, the first person with autism to receive a doctorate degree in Korea.
[Eunho Yoon / Doctor of Cultural Contents (at the time of the first class in 2019): This time is probably a historic moment.
I think this will be the first lecture given by an autistic person at a Korean university.] It
has been 15 years since I studied cultural contents such as my favorite cartoon, and it is my 3rd year at the pulpit.
[Eunho Yoon/Doctor of Cultural Contents: I feel good when I say that I did a good lecture.
(Students) 'Learning.
I feel most empowered when I say, ‘I will study
.
[Yoon Eun-ho/Doctor of Cultural Contents: 'What if I lecture without knowing that I am autistic (among students)?
Looking at this alone, the truth is that students have a prejudice against disabilities…
.]
If you refer to the testimonials of students' lectures and focus on teaching according to the latest academic trends, they say that social prejudice will naturally disappear.
[Eunho Yoon / Doctor of Cultural Contents: Correcting the language and demanding it is in fact making society still in a state that needs to be overcome with respect to disability.
The most important thing is to supplement the PPT or lecture content so that you can know more...
.]
Advice from two people to both disabled and non-disabled people.
[Eunho Yoon/Doctor of Cultural Contents: It is important to create an opportunity to become intimate with others through topics you like.]
[Woojin Yang/Designer: Find something you like and do it every day.]
(Video coverage: Seungtae Kim, Video Editing: Park Ji-in, CG: Choi Ha-neul)
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As you just saw, even if you have autism and other developmental disabilities, you can work on your own professional work, but in fact, there are very few cases like this.
There are vocational training centers as well as job training for a total of about 250,000 people with developmental disabilities and their families to lead a stable daily life, but there is a long way to go.
Reporter Shin Yong-sik continues.
<Reporter>
Press the beans firmly and insert them into the machine to make coffee.
[Myung Jae-min/Developmental Disability: Thank you.]
Proficiently calculates the price of goods at a set that resembles an actual convenience store.
[Myung Jae-min/Developmental Disabled: Do you pay with cash or card?]
Every year, 20 people with developmental disabilities receive vocational training for 6 months.
[Park Joong-seok / Director of Seoul Southern Developmental Disability Training Center: Not only vocational training, but also how to live with colleagues.
.]
There are 19 such training centers across the country. Last year, 2,100 people received training.
However, very few students get jobs through these training centers.
Still, the majority of people with developmental disabilities find it difficult to find a job.
According to the Employment Development Institute data released this year, about 60,000 people with developmental disabilities over the age of 15 are employed, or about 3 out of 10.
There were many reasons why it was difficult to find employment-related information, such as the lack of or lack of employment, and whether it is possible to work for the developmentally disabled
.
Even if you succeed in finding a job, low-wage and unstable jobs are a problem.
Their average monthly wage was 1 million won, and the average working hours per day was 5.9 hours.
Converted to the number of working days per week, most of them were receiving the minimum wage.
As for the employment contract, 'temporary workers' for less than one year are almost half.
Among those with developmental disabilities who have found a job or want to find a job, 73.1% said they need employment services, but only 14.8% have actually used it.
[Kim Yuri/Professor of Special Education, Ewha Womans University: Living with a job starts with integrated education that allows you to live together from an early age...
I think we can develop jobs that take into account abilities and characteristics...
.]
[Myung Jae-min/Developmental Disability: I want to work harder and have more fun.
(To earn money) I want to save money for my mom and dad.]
(Video coverage: Kim Seung-tae, Video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, CG: Seo Seung-hyun)