A telemedicine platform for people with autism, the first of its kind in China, opened to public registration1 Tuesday, the People's Daily app reported.
《人民日报》客户端报道,国内首个自闭症远程医疗平台周二向公众开放注册。
Registered patients with autism will be able to receive various services from
diagnosis2 and
consultation3 to treatment, nursing and
rehabilitation4 training by pediatricians, nurses, care workers and educators and offline medical institutions included in China's national telemedicine system.
By means of telemedicine technologies, the platform also offers training and education programs in
partnership5 with overseas rehabilitation institutions for domestic families with an autistic member.
The platform is
jointly6 launched by the National Telemedicine and Connected Health Center, the Telemedicine Management and Training Center and the Primary-care Telemedicine Development Directory Center under the National Health Commission and the Beijing Jingyi Rehabilitation Center for Autistic Children.
Today, autism affects more than 10 million people in China, 98.7 percent of which have no access to proper treatment provided by formal rehabilitation facilities, said the newspaper.