Children with disability in out-of-home care: prevalence and characteristics

Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani, Ilan Katz

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Abstract

This chapter presents Australian and international literature about the prevalence and characteristics of children and young people with disability in out-of-home care with the aims of: (i) summarizing the challenges arising from the absence of a uniform definition of disability and (ii) discussing the implications of using alternative identifiers for empirical analyses and policy recommendations.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability
EditorsGabriel Bennett, Emma Goodall
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages1-9
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9783031408588
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 28 Dec 2024

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