Why Bother About Disabled Children? Eric Emerson.

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Why Bother About Disabled Children? Eric Emerson

Why? 1.A significant minority of children are disabled 2.Disabled children have low ‘well-being’ 3.Disabled children constitutive a very significant minority of children with low ‘well- being’ 4.National and international obligations & commitments to monitor and redress the disadvantage faced by disabled children

Child Disability & Disadvantage: Australia Data Source: HILDA

Child Disability & Disadvantage: Low/Middle Income Countries Data Source: Unicef MICS3

Why? 1.A significant minority of children are disabled 2.Disabled children have low ‘well-being’ 3.Disabled children constitutive a very significant minority of children with low ‘well- being’ 4.National and international obligations & commitments to monitor and redress the disadvantage faced by disabled children

Well-Being & Disability: Australia % of Australian adolescents and young adults report disability However.... –26% of victims of violence report disability –30% of young people not in education or employment report disability –39% of childless young people not in education or employment report disability

Why? 1.A significant minority of children are disabled 2.Disabled children have low ‘well-being’ 3.Disabled children constitutive a very significant minority of children with low ‘well- being’ 4.National and international obligations & commitments to monitor and redress the disadvantage faced by disabled children