Children with Disabilities: A Review on Medical Care and Social Supports

Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children. The cause of this disease is the destruction of pancreatic beta cells and the consequent loss of insulin production in the body. The incidence of this disease varies according to the geographical area, age, sex, family history, and race. Parents play an important role in childhood diabetes. Certainly, children do not have the ability to diagnose and treat, and the parents must give them the necessary care. It is obvious that children with disabilities need more care. In general, children with special healthcare needs often require specialized medical care and support. This article analyzed the main directions of social protection of families raising children with disabilities. All types of payments and benefits for this category of the population in modern Russia were considered, i.e. prospects of social work technologies with such categories as families with disabled children, particularly at the residence. The directions of the considered technology between various subjects and objects with a given family were analyzed, that is the historical aspect of the study of intrafamilial relationships in a Mordovian family with a disabled child. An algorithm of intermediary social activity with a category of the considered type is proposed.