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- In 2020–21, the number of students ages 3–21 who received special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was 7.2 million, or 15 percent of all public school students.
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15- to 29-year-olds with disabilities are less likely to have attended school than those without disabilities in almost all of the 37 countries for which data were available. On average, 87% of persons without disabilities attended school, compared to 77% of persons with disabilities. In absolute terms,
However, we do know that there are between 93 and 150 million children living with a disability and, according to the Learning Generation report, in low- and middle-income countries as many as 33 million children with disabilities are out of school (Grant Lewis, 2019).
Mar 28, 2018 · The UIS examined data on out-of-school rates and disability for six countries that participated in Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS): Cambodia, Colombia, Gambia, Maldives, Uganda and Yemen. But even such a small sample is enough to reveal some alarming disparities.
Using cross-nationally comparable and nationally representative data from 18 surveys in 15 countries, this paper investigates how disability affects school attendance. Children with disabilities are often overlooked in policymaking, limiting their access to education and learning.
Dec 2, 2020 · Up to half of the roughly 65 million primary and lower secondary school-age children with disabilities in developing countries were already out of school before the Covid-19 pandemic. No...
Dec 7, 2022 · Our study shows how 13 countries use strong legal requirements and policies to deliver a range of educational models for students with disabilities. In every country, we observed three main education models—mainstreaming, hybrid, and specialization—serving students with disabilities.
The paper starts by providing a short historical perspective of the education of children with disabilities and continues with a description of the essential elements of an inclusive legislative framework, with a particular focus on General Comment nº4 of Article 24 (CRPD).
