Children with disabilities in Australia

Full publication

• Children with disabilities in Australia (671KB PDF)

Publication table of contents

• Preliminary material (163KB PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • List of tables
  • List of boxes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Highlights (188K PDF - 16K HTML)
• Sections 1-3 (348KB PDF)
  • 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 Purpose of the report
    • 1.2 Structure of the report
    • 1.3 Historical context
  • 2 Concepts and definitions
    • 2.1 Children
    • 2.2 Disability
    • 2.3 Information sources
  • 3 The prevalence of disability in children
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Prevalence of childhood disability in Australia
    • 3.3 Prevalence of disability groups
    • 3.4 Some significant diseases and health conditions associated with disability
    • 3.5 Characteristics of children with disabilities
    • 3.6 Trends in childhood disability
• Sections 4-6 (435KB PDF)
  • 4 Families and carers
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Characteristics of families of children with disabilities
    • 4.3 Family effects of childhood disability
    • 4.4 Characteristics of carers of children with disabilities
  • 5 Services, assistance and other care arrangements
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Income support
    • 5.3 Disability support services
    • 5.4 Relevant generic services
    • 5.5 Alternative care arrangements for children with disabilities
  • 6 Data sources, data gaps and future directions
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Data sources
    • 6.3 Data gaps and future directions
    • 6.4 Future directions
• End matter (181K PDF)

  • Appendix 1

  • Appendix 2

  • References