School students (primary and secondary)
Around 4 in 5 (81%) school students with disability have 1 or more schooling restrictions (Table 1).
The most common restrictions are:
- has difficulty at school (79%)
- uses special assistance from a person at school (57%)
- needs special arrangements at school or institution (37%)
- attends special classes (23%)
- attends a special school (18%).
Boys (85%) are more likely than girls (75%) to have schooling restrictions.
|
Boys
|
Girls
|
Total
|
Has schooling restriction
|
84.6
|
74.9
|
81.0
|
Does not have schooling restriction
|
15.4
|
24.6
|
18.6
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
Source: ABS 2016; see also Table S1.
Non-school students
Around 2 in 5 (41%) non-school students with disability have restrictions related to their education (a non-school educational restriction) (Table 2). This includes having difficulty, needing at least 1 day a week off, and/or needing special assistance from a person at the education institution.
|
Males
|
Females
|
Total
|
Has non-school educational restriction
|
36.1
|
42.6
|
40.6
|
No non-school educational restriction
|
63.0
|
57.1
|
59.9
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
Source: ABS 2016; see also Table S3.
References
ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2016. Microdata: disability, ageing and carers, Australia, 2015. ABS cat. no. 4430.0.30.002. Canberra: ABS. AIHW analysis of TableBuilder.