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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 5 (Hansard) 16 May) . . Page.. 1443 ..


MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NUMBER 214

Children with Disabilities - Student Statistics

MS MCRAE- asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 17 April 1996:

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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