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Some Characteristics of Children With Severe Disabilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Jonathan Bradshaw
Affiliation:
Department of Social Administration and Social Work, University of York
Dorothy Lawton
Affiliation:
Department of Social Administration and Social Work, University of York

Summary

Routinely collected data on the 37,094 families with severely handicapped children who have applied to the Family Fund are used to examine the relationship between certain handicapping disorders and the year of birth, season of birth, birth order, region of domicile, social class, sex and presence of a disabled sibling. Differences between each handicapping disorder, and differences between the handicapping disorders and the general population are noted.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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