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Although the drama 'Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo', which depicts the activities of a genius lawyer with autism spectrum disorder, drew a lot of attention, but in reality, the college admission rate of students with autism is only 10.4%.



According to the 'High School Graduation Rate and Employment Rate by Type of Disability' submitted by the Justice Party Rep. Eun-Ju Lee from the Ministry of Education today (21st), out of 6,762 high school graduates eligible for special education in 2022, intellectual disabilities (4,386 people) and autistic disabled (806) 5,192 persons with developmental disabilities, including 76.8%.



The ratio of those who did not go to school or work after graduating from high school was relatively high for the visually impaired 17.9%, the hearing impaired 18.8%, the intellectually disabled 33.6%, the physically disabled 38.1%, and the autistic disabled 37.2%.



33.9% of all high school graduates with disabilities did not go to school or were not employed.



One out of three special education subjects who have completed high school is 56.2%.



However, this is a figure that includes the 'major', a vocational education course installed in special schools for high school graduates.



This is a huge difference compared to 73.7% of all high school graduates' college entrance rate (based on education statistics in 2021).



By type of disability, the rate of admission to colleges and junior colleges for people with developmental disabilities was the lowest.



Hearing impaired 61.5%, health disabled 55%, communication disabled 50.9%, learning disabled 50.6%, visually impaired 49.4%, emotional and behavioral disabled 40.3%, physically disabled 35.9%, intellectually disabled 12.9%, autistic 10.4%.



The admission rate including majors is 79.5% for the visually impaired, 72.6% for the hearing impaired, 69.1% for the communication impaired, 64.4% for the learning disabled, 60.1% for the physically disabled, 57.3% for the autistic disabled, 56.4% for the health disabled, 53.4% ​​for the intellectual disabled, and the emotional and behavioral disabled. 53%.



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The employment rate (percentage of employed/graduates) was deaf 8.5%, intellectual disability 13%, autistic disability 5.5%, visually impaired 2.6%, physically disabled 1.8%, communication impaired 10.9%, learning disabled 6.9%, etc.



It is pointed out that it is necessary to increase opportunities for higher education and lifelong education and strengthen support for the disabled, as it is difficult for the disabled to continuously develop their abilities and the burden of caring for families after graduating from high school occurs.



An official from the Justice Party Policy Committee said, "Students with developmental disabilities are relatively less likely to go on to college and have a higher rate of non-employment. “The government should focus on improving the legal system,” he pointed out.



(Picture=Ministry of Education data, Courtesy of Justice Party lawmaker Lee Eun-ju’s office, Yonhap News)