Living after disability✳

This section is about life after a disability has already happened. How to prevent disability is in Section 1 and Section 13; it is not repeated here. The four score types are kept separate and are not converted into one another. Items on emergencies and complications are scored on mortality. Items on subsidies, benefits, and lawsuits are scored on money. Items on schooling and paperwork are scored on time. Items on psychiatric hospitalization, capacity, and guardianship are scored on personal liberty. The WHO fact sheet on disability (残疾), published in March 2023, gives three figures. About 1.3 billion people worldwide have significant functional difficulty — 16% of the world population, roughly one in six. Some people with disabilities die up to 20 years earlier than people without disabilities. Their risk of depression, asthma, diabetes, stroke, obesity, or poor oral health is twice as high. The fact sheet states that these health gaps come from unfair conditions people with disabilities face: discrimination, poverty, barriers to school and work, and barriers inside the health system itself. So half the items in this section are about the body, and half are about procedures and rights. Five topics already covered elsewhere are only pointed to here, not repeated. How to get a disability certificate, the seven categories, and levels 1 to 4 are in Section 24, item 10 (disability certificate). When to do a disability assessment is in Section 24, item 9 (disability assessment). How to claim the two disability subsidies is in Section 7, item 8 (the two subsidies). Work-capacity assessment after a work injury and how grades convert into money are in Section 19, item 14 (work-capacity assessment). How to apply for long-term care insurance for severe disability is in Section 17, item 7 (long-term care insurance). That item sits in the “older people at home” section, but the benefit has no age floor — younger people can claim it too. Most items in this section benefit you and your family, the top two beneficiary tiers. Places that involve other people are noted separately in Notes. Items in this section are grouped by theme below (numbers in parentheses are item numbers). Body and rehabilitation: sudden severe headache after spinal cord injury (item 1); switch the wheelchair cushion to a pressure-relieving type (item 5); do not buy therapies that claim to cure paralysis (item 6); do rehabilitation at a proper facility (item 16); get a hearing aid when hearing declines (item 17); after spinal cord injury, do not leave an indwelling catheter in long term without a plan (item 21). Benefits and subsidies: go to the Disabled Persons’ Federation (残联) and ask about every benefit at once (item 7); apply for rehabilitation aid for a disabled child (item 8); apply for subsidies for ramps, handrails, and bathroom modifications (item 9); personal income tax reduction (item 11). Work and rights: say at job search that you hold a disability certificate (item 10); if you are refused hire because of disability, you can sue (item 20). School and travel: take a guide dog into public places (item 12); apply for reasonable accommodations on the gaokao (高考) (item 13); schools must not refuse a disabled child (item 14); you can still take a driving test with both lower limbs missing (item 15). Mental health and caregivers: suicide risk in the first decade after disability (item 2); caregivers must look after their own health (item 4). Mental disorders and guardianship: psychiatric hospitalization is voluntary in principle (item 3); capacity must be determined by a court application (item 18); guardians follow the statutory order (item 19).

English, Russian and Spanish use dlgrv’s unofficial translations. Newly revised entries appear in the Chinese original until a checked translation is available. The author’s latest Chinese text is authoritative. Translation revision: dlgrv/HowToLiveBetter · b25fa8a