Some solutions for implementing social assistance and functional rehabilitation for children with autism

Vietnam has a tradition of "helping each other in difficulties," but efforts toimplement social assistance and functional recovery for children with autism in Vietnamare still lacking. In implementing social support and rehabilitation for autistic children,there are some practical barriers, such as the legal framework in the provisions of the Lawon Persons with disabilities 2010 which still has certain gaps in social support andrehabilitation for autistic children. The Party and State's policies have initially paidattention to autistic children but there is still a lack of implementation conditions, and thereis still some incomplete awareness of autistic children in general; stigma against personswith disabilities, discrimination against persons with disabilities, social work still has someunprofessional points. Internal barriers of autistic children such as the inability to liveindependently without a caregiver nearby. This article examines in-depth some solutionsfor implementing social assistance and functional recovery for children with autism inVietnam today.