根據衛生福利部截至2015年6月底的統計資料顯示,我國領有身心障礙手冊或證明者共有114萬5000多人,約占總人口數的4.88%,且有逐年增加之趨勢。此問題若不加以重視,不僅造成國家未來可預見的財政負擔,民眾也因為照顧家中的身心障礙者而身心俱疲,且由於身心障礙者在經濟安全上往往不能獲得保障,因此更需要政府提供一個更有制度的立法保障。 本文依我國現行《身心障礙者權益保障法》之相關立法體系而論,首先從身心障礙人口現況與鑑定系統、權益保障之相關立法,說明與比較其修法歷程與變革,又檢視與身心障礙者最相關之《身心障礙者權益保障法》兩大補助,即「身心障礙者生活補助」及「身心障礙者日間照顧及住宿式照顧費用補助」,評析現行規範之問題,略提出發現與建議,期能對身心障礙者經濟安全之未來規劃有所助益。
According to the statistics from Ministry of Health and Welfare, by the end of June 2015, there are over 1,145,000 amount of people who has the certification of disability, that is about 4.88% of the population, and increasing.If the government fail to respect this issue, it will be facing the foreseeable financial burden, and the people will be tired out due to the caring for disabled people at home. Furthermore, disabled people usually lacks protection from financial security, that’s why the government needs to provide a more systematic legislative protection.The thesis is based on the legislation system relating to People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act. First of all, elaborating and comparing the amending of laws, based on current population and evaluation of disabled people, and related legislation of rights protection. Second, reviewing two of the most related benefits from People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act, Living subsidies for middle and low-income handicapped people and Subsidies for social and health insurance, analyzing the problem of current norms, then presenting our discover and suggestions, hoping to bring benefits to future planning on financial protection for disabled people.