Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to examine the level of opinions on the provision of welfare for disabled people, 2) to compare the opinions of disabled people towards the provision of welfare for disabled people, and 3) to present the guidelines for applying Buddhist principles to promote the welfare of disabled people by applying the principles of Brahmavihãradhamma of Makham Luang Subdistrict Administrative Organization, San Pa Tong District, Chiang Mai Province. This research was a mixed method and a quantitative research that collected data using questionnaires with reliability of 0.890. The population and samples consisted of all types of 294 disabled people who had a disability cards and disabled carers whose names were on the back of disability card using Taro Yamane formula. The research tools were questionnaires and statistics, including percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Paired Sample T-Test and F-Test. The qualitative research value was tested by in-depth interviews with 10 key informants; data were analyzed by descriptive content analysis.
The results showed that
1. The level of welfare provision for disabled poeople by applying the principles of Brahmavihãradhamma of Makham Luang Subdistrict Administrative Organization, San Pa Tong District, Chiang Mai Province, it was found that Brahmavihãradharma aspect was overall at the moderate level ( x̅= 2.83, S.D. = 0.91). When classified by side, it was found that Mettã, Karunã, Upekhã were at the moderat level, but Muditã was at the lowest level. As for the level of welfare for disabled people, it was overall at the moderate level (x̅= 3.25, S.D. = 1.02). when classified by side, it was found that the stability was at the high level, the conservation and protection of social rights and community acceptance, education respectively, as for the economy, occupation, work, income were at the lowest level.
2. The comparison result of opinions for disabled poeple towards the provision of welfare for disabled poeple of Makham Luang Subdistrict Administrative Organization. San Pa Tong District Chiang Mai Province that classified by personal factors, it was found that disabled people of different genders and opinions on the welfare provision were not significantly different at the 0.05. Therefore, the research hypothesis was not accepted and disabled people who had the different age, education, income and occupation and the different opinions on the welfare provision for disabled people of Makham Luang Sub-district Administrative Organization, and then the research hypothesis was accepted.
3. Guidelines for applying Buddhadhamma to promote the welfare for disabled poeple of the application of Brahmavihãradhamma that consisted of Mettã, Karunã, Mudita, Upekkhã of Makham Luang Subdistrict Administrative Organization, San Pa Tong District, Chiang Mai Province, including 1) The stability in life for disabled people should be promoted and took care the disabled people to be able to access and use various services to facilitate according to their disability context, such as being able to use outdoor exercise equipment in public parks with other people as well as the use of public transport. 2) The education should promote for disabled people to get information about good service as well as receiving training according to the potential of each individual, including studying new technologies to maximize benefits for disabled people and caregivers. 3) The economy, occupation, works, income should be promoted the disable people to rehabilitate and promote the original occupations for their disabled people in accordance with own disability and family. 4) The social welfare provision and acceptance in the community should grant the disabled people of all types they were able to access the information of the village or community and the Subdistrict Administrative Organization, such as being able to become a member of the village's LINE group. 5) The conservation and protection of the rights of disabled people should be training and education on various rights for all types of disabled people equally.