Abstract
The 2016 Census has revealed an increase in the number of children with disability, up nearly 40,000 since 2011. One explanation is that the census now counts disability differently, which is more in line with the way many children and families view disability.
But other children continue to miss out on support because they do not name their needs as “disability”. And services don’t yet have adequate funding for even the revealed number of children, so other children who require assistance are left out.
A census that counts people who identify as having a disability, as well as those who need support, could help resolve these problems.
But other children continue to miss out on support because they do not name their needs as “disability”. And services don’t yet have adequate funding for even the revealed number of children, so other children who require assistance are left out.
A census that counts people who identify as having a disability, as well as those who need support, could help resolve these problems.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | The Conversation Media Group |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Jun 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
This article is free to copy and redistribute in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially according to the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) licence.Keywords
- disability
- NDIS
- disability support
- Census 2016