Five Appeals proposed by Taipei Twins Association

Five Appeals proposed by Taipei Twins Association

1. Medicine
- The number of pregnancy checking shall be increased and the content of checking shall be strengthened.
- The length of hospital stay and the home visit shall be longer.
- Child care health care approach shall be provided.
- Child health handbook for twins or multiple shall be extended to six- year-old children

2. Social Welfare
- Priority for accessing public day care centers shall be provided. Tuition fee for one of the twin (multiple) members from low-income family and middle-income family shall be remised
- Temporary child care services and volunteers assistance shall be provided in order to enable twins’ mothers to go out.
- A flea market for the exchange of goods shall be set up.
- Tree milk powder and diapers shall be provided for one year.
- In the public awareness of population figures, the data of twins (multiple) shall be included.

3. Health
Issues about parenting methods for twins, disease prevention, getting along with the brothers or sisters, self-understanding, physical and psychological health shall be addressed.

4. Education
- The understanding of twins and knowledge of education methods for parents, teachers and students of twins shall be increased
- The stereotype of the twins shall get rid of.
- The twin student database shall be established to study issues of adaptation of twins in the local community.

5. Emergency relief
- Giving help to twins who face unexpected family change, who need tuition assistance and grief therapy for the other members of twins (or multiple) die