Publication: Education for All : Including Children with Disabilities
Date
2003-08
ISSN
Published
2003-08
Author(s)
Peters, Susan
Abstract
An estimated 40 million of the 115
million children out of school have disabilities. The vast
majority of these children have moderate impairments that
are often not visible or easily diagnosed. Disabled children
include those with learning difficulties, speech
difficulties, physical, cognitive, sensory and emotional
difficulties. Children with disabilities are likely to have
never attended school. A 1991 report by the UN Rapporteur on
Human Rights and Disabilities found that at least one in ten
persons in the majority of countries has a physical,
cognitive, or sensory (deaf/blind) impairment. Fewer than 5
percent are believed to reach the "Education For
All" goal of primary school completion. This number may
be growing due to global conditions of increasing poverty,
armed conflict, child labor practices, violence and abuse,
and HIV/AIDS. Because these children are part of a family
unit, it is estimated that at least 25 percent of the world
population is directly affected by the presence of disability.
Citation
“Peters, Susan. 2003. Education for All : Including Children with Disabilities. Education Notes. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/8cb9f3af-c238-57a3-bc11-76f92d8da625 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”