Publications
Child Disability in some Countries of the MENA region: Magnitude, Characteristics, Problems and Attempts to Alleviate Consequences of Impairments
Country: Middle East and North Africa
Classification: Movement, Loss of Feeling, Mental Illness, Hearing-Speech, Intellectual, Visual
Year of Publication: 2005
Study Type:
Quantitative Study
Sample Size:
NA
The Research party:
Tours, France
Main Idea or Research Questions:
This paper discusses child disability in the Countries of MENA region, asking four main questions about: (a) the magnitude and type of disabilities, with special emphasis on child disability. (b) what are the demographic and social characteristics of disabled children, with regard to age, gender, place of residence and mode of living?. (c). what are the problems and issues facing disabled children? (d). what are the public and private efforts made to alleviate problems of child disability?