AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY IN MANGALORE

  • *Bhagya Bhaskar MSc, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya, Medical College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Abstract

Children with disability are an important social concern in the community. This study aims to report the different types of disability among school going children in Mangalore. Data were collected from the Inclusive Education Resource Centre during 2011-2012. Demographic details of each child, sex, age, religion, type of disability, percentage of disability were documented and analyzed by SPSS. The prevalence for all disabilities in the studied group was found to be 2.06%; of this 0.69% with vision disability, 0.45% with mental disability, 0.12% with hearing impairment and 0.09% were speech impaired. Early intervention and health services may help the children in improving the quality of life.


KEY WORDS: Disability, Prevalence, Children, Mangalore

Published
2013-08-30
How to Cite
Bhaskar, *Bhagya. (2013). AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY IN MANGALORE. Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2(4). Retrieved from http://jbpr.in/index.php/jbpr/article/view/363
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2013)
Section
Research Articles

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