❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number of children tested for and diagnosed with intellectual disabilities in 2009. Data limitations are noted, particularly regarding children with discrepancies between IQ/adaptive behaviour scores and eligibility decisions.
AnsweredQoN 2104Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many children were tested for intellectual disabilities in 2009?
(2) How many children who were tested were found to have an intellectual disability in 2009?
(3) How many children who were tested were found not to have an intellectual disability in 2009?
(4) How many children have been deemed in 2009 to not have an intellectual disability despite having full scale intelligence quotients and adaptive behaviour scores more than 2 standard deviations from the mean?
(2) How many children who were tested were found to have an intellectual disability in 2009?
(3) How many children who were tested were found not to have an intellectual disability in 2009?
(4) How many children have been deemed in 2009 to not have an intellectual disability despite having full scale intelligence quotients and adaptive behaviour scores more than 2 standard deviations from the mean?
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Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Disability Services
Response time
56 days
(1) There were 536
eligibility decisions made for children with a possible intellectual disability, in the 0 - 18 year age group, from 1 January to 31 December 2009
.
(2)
316 children, in the age group 0 - 6 years, [including those children vulnerable to intellectual disability] met the Commission's eligibility criteria for intellectual disability, from 1 January to 31 December 2009
.
112 children, in the age group six - 18 years, met the Commission's eligibility criteria for a diagnosis of intellectual disability, from 1 January to 31 December 2009.
Note: this data includes assessments conducted by the Commission, and assessments completed by external assessors who provided their reports with the referral information to the Commission.
(3)
108 children in the age group 0 - 18 years, did not meet the Commission's eligibility criteria for the period 1 January to 31 December 2009.
(4) This information is not available through electronic reporting. A search through individual records of the 118 children deemed not eligible would be required.
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eligibility decisions made for children with a possible intellectual disability, in the 0 - 18 year age group, from 1 January to 31 December 2009
.
(2)
316 children, in the age group 0 - 6 years, [including those children vulnerable to intellectual disability] met the Commission's eligibility criteria for intellectual disability, from 1 January to 31 December 2009
.
112 children, in the age group six - 18 years, met the Commission's eligibility criteria for a diagnosis of intellectual disability, from 1 January to 31 December 2009.
Note: this data includes assessments conducted by the Commission, and assessments completed by external assessors who provided their reports with the referral information to the Commission.
(3)
108 children in the age group 0 - 18 years, did not meet the Commission's eligibility criteria for the period 1 January to 31 December 2009.
(4) This information is not available through electronic reporting. A search through individual records of the 118 children deemed not eligible would be required.
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