党的十一届三中全会以来,我国的残疾人事业蓬勃发展,全国5164万残疾人迫切需要解决的就业、教育、康复等问题越来越受到党和政府的关怀,受到全社会的重视。那么,作为我国残疾人重要组成部分的弱智儿童的现状如何呢?这里,我综合各方面的一些材料和数字,向大家作一简要的介绍。 一、弱智儿童的概念 在全国残疾人抽样调查检查五类“残疾标准” 中,关于弱智儿童的定义是:“在智力发育期间（18岁之前）,由于各种有害因素导致的精神发育不全或智力迟缓”。换言之,弱智儿童指的是由于遗传、或先天和后 Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the cause of disabled people in our country has flourished. The problems of employment, education and rehabilitation urgently needed to be solved by 51.64 million people with disabilities throughout the country have come under the care of the party and the government and are receiving the attention of the whole society. So what is the status quo of mentally handicapped children as an important part of our country’s disabled people? Here, I will give you a brief introduction of some materials and figures in various fields. First, the concept of mentally handicapped children in the National Sample Check five categories of disability standards, the definition of mentally handicapped children is: “during intellectual development (before the age of 18) due to various harmful factors that cause mental retardation or Mental retardation. ” In other words, mentally handicapped children are referred to as genetic, or innate and postnatal