Children with disabilities in Australia

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What is known about children with disabilities in Australia, in terms of their characteristics, and the needs and circumstances of them and their families? What is known about the services, benefits and assistance provided to them? The report Children with Disabilities uses a range of information sources to explore these questions and present for the first time, an overview of this important group in Australia.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 16 December 2004; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 432 9; AIHW cat. no. DIS 38; 117pp.; $22.00

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Full publication (671K PDF)

  • Preliminary material (163K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables 
    • List of boxes
    • Acknowledgments 
    • Abbreviations
    • Highlights (188K PDF - 16K HTML)
  • Sections 1-3 (348K 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 (435K 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

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