Disability
At a glance – Children and young people with disabilitiesUnder the Tasmanian Disability Services Act 1992, ‘disability’ means a disability that:
In Tasmania, approximately 23 per cent of the population has a disability.[1] In June 2005, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recorded that more than 8.6 per cent (8,300) of children aged zero to14 years in Tasmania had a disability of some kind, with 58 per cent of these children having a profound or severe disability.[2] For the same period, there were 3,220 15 to19 year olds in Tasmania with a disability[3]. The 2006 ABS Census identified that approximately 1.6 per cent of children and young people aged zero to 24 years required assistance for core activities.[4] In the 2006 ABS Census, 10.7 per cent of Tasmanians aged 15 years and over reported they provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, long-term illness or problems relating to old age.[5] In Tasmania, 95 per cent of school aged children with a disability attended a mainstream school.[6] In the 2006-07 period, 7.3 per cent of vocational education and training students reported having a disability.[7]
Children and young people with disabilitiesReport - Office of Children and Youth Affairs (OCYA) - 2007 State of Our Youth Report Report - OCYA - 2006 State of Our Youth Consultation Report Report - AIHW - Children with Disabilities in Australia, 2004 Employment and economic participationEducation and trainingLegislationTasmanian legislation - Disability Services Act 1992 Australian Government – Disability Discrimination Act 1992 A Brief Guide to the Disability Discrimination Act Disability Standards and Guidelines [1] ABS 2004 Disability Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings 2003 Cat No 4430.0, Canberra Stronger Communities Taskforce, ‘The State of Our Community Report 2007,’ Department of Premier and Cabinet, February 2008 [2] Social Action and Research Centre Anglicare Tasmania, Forgotten Families, Anglicare Tasmania, 2007 [4] Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2068.0 Population and Housing Tasmania, Core activity need for assistance, 2006 |
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