4433.0.55.003 - Intellectual Disability, Australia, 2012

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Contents What is intellectual disability? How many people have intellectual disability? What are the causes of intellectual disability? Areas and type of assistance needed Carers and formal providers Family and Housing School education Non-school qualifications Employment Employment Restrictions Endnotes About this Release Parents provide majority of care to people with an intellectual disability (Media Release)	ENDNOTES 1 World Health Organisation, 'Definition: Intellectual disability', viewed 9 October 2012, <http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/mental-health/news/news/2010/15/childrens-right-to-family-life/definition-intellectual-disability> 2 Maulik PK, Harbour CK. 2013. 'Epidemiology of Intellectual Disability'. In: JH Stone, M Blouin, editors. International Encyclopedia of Rehabilitation. Available online: <http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/encyclopedia/en/article/144/> 3 NSW Council for Intellectual Disability, 2006, ‘What is intellectual disability?’ viewed 9 October 2012, <http://www.nswcid.org.au/images/pdfs/what%20is%20intellectual%20disability2.pdf> 4 Productivity Commission 2011, Disability Care and Support, Report no. 54, Canberra, page 5, viewed 25 June 2014 <http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/111272/disability-support-overview-booklet.pdf> 5 State Government of Victoria, 2013, Better Health Channel, 'Intellectual disability', viewed May 22 2013, <http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Intellectual_disability> 6 Council of Australian Governments, 2011, National Disability Strategy 2010-2020, viewed March 17 2014 <http://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/disability-and-carers/publications-articles/policy-research/national-disability-strategy-2010-2020> Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.