Abstract
A questionnaire survey was used to investigate the awareness of the lives of fathers of the handicapped with regard to the care of their children, with reference to the age of the handicapped person above or below the age of 18, the position of the handicapped person amongst siblings, and whether or not wives were working. 341 fathers (aged from 34 to 81) responded to the questionnaire. The fathers of handicapped children under the age of 18 took more part in school and institutional festivals and talked more with wives about the care of their children. But they had more troubles about the care of their children than the fathers of handicapped children over the age of 19, and hoped that the government could offer jobs for their handicapped children. When the handicapped were older than other siblings, their fathers thought about social problems. But when the handicapped were younger than other siblings, their fathers experienced that society had more kindly attitudes towards the handicapped. The fathers whose wives were not working, talked more with their wives about care. The fathers whose wives were working hoped that the government could offer more jobs for their wives. Results also showed that most fathers of the handicapped worked very hard at their company and helped their wives with the care of their children, though they were shocked by the handicap of their children.
