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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 5 (Hansard) 16 May) . . Page.. 1443 ..
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NUMBER 214
Children with Disabilities - Student Statistics
How many compulsory school age students with disabilities were there in the ACT with (a) high; (b) medium; or (c) low support needs for each year since 1989.
MR STEFANIAK- the answer to Ms McRae's question is:
Students with disabilities in ACT government settings are resourced on an individual basis and not according to the categories- high, medium or low support needs. Information as to the number of students accessing the range of options in the ACT is included in the table below.
Students with Disabilities-Compulsory School Age- by Setting (1989-1996)
Date Sp Sch JA/LC# AU## HIU* ITHI** ITVI^ IPPdeg. IPSdeg.deg.
1989 476 4 . .
1990 473 8 . .
1991 478 7 86 . .
1992 489 586 11 17 110 45 7 -
1993 465 542 10 17 105 59 13 -
1994 468 599 8 18 135 50 17 2
1995 458 628 10 21 129 38 25 2
1996 446 617 8 23 162 46 28 3
# JAC/LC - Junior Assessment Class/ Learning Centre
## AU - Autistic Unit
* HIU - Hearing Impaired Units
** ITHI - Itinerant Teachers of the Hearing Impaired
^ ITVI - Itinerant Teachers of the Visually Impaired
deg. IPP -Integration Program- Primary
deg.deg. IPS - Integration Program- Secondary
. The Pilot Integration Program did not begin until 1992
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