❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number of individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities in WA, and the core activity restrictions they face. The answer provides statistics based on ABS data from 1998, focusing on those with profound or severe restrictions.
AnsweredQoN 396Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many individuals with an intellectual disability live in WA?
(2) How many individuals with a physical disability live in WA?
(3) How many individuals with some degree of both a physical and intellectual disability live in WA?
(4) How many of the individuals in (3) have a core activity restriction pertaining to -
(a) Communication only;
(b) mobility only;
(c) personal care only;
(d) communication and mobility;
(e) communication and personal care;
(f) personal care and mobility; and
(g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(2) How many individuals with a physical disability live in WA?
(3) How many individuals with some degree of both a physical and intellectual disability live in WA?
(4) How many of the individuals in (3) have a core activity restriction pertaining to -
(a) Communication only;
(b) mobility only;
(c) personal care only;
(d) communication and mobility;
(e) communication and personal care;
(f) personal care and mobility; and
(g) communication, mobility and personal care?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
2 August 2001
Responded by
Minister for Disability Services
Response time
37 days
(b) mobility only; (c) personal care only; (d) communication and mobility; (e) communication and personal care; (f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(c) personal care only; (d) communication and mobility; (e) communication and personal care; (f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(d) communication and mobility; (e) communication and personal care; (f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(e) communication and personal care; (f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(1) 11,800 people have an 'intellectual disorder' as a main disabling condition; 48,151 have an intellectual impairment (difficulty learning or understanding) (2) 296,500 (3) 355,500 (4) (a) - (f) figures according to ABS Needing assistance Table 7 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) only reports on the category of the core activity restriction when help or supervision is required with one of the tasks comprising that core activity. Therefore data is only available for persons with profound or severe core activity restriction. (a)14,100 (b)61,900 (c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(4) (a) - (f) figures according to ABS Needing assistance Table 7 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) only reports on the category of the core activity restriction when help or supervision is required with one of the tasks comprising that core activity. Therefore data is only available for persons with profound or severe core activity restriction. (a)14,100 (b)61,900 (c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(b)61,900 (c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(c) personal care only; (d) communication and mobility; (e) communication and personal care; (f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(d) communication and mobility; (e) communication and personal care; (f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(e) communication and personal care; (f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(f) personal care and mobility; and (g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(g) communication, mobility and personal care?
(1) 11,800 people have an 'intellectual disorder' as a main disabling condition; 48,151 have an intellectual impairment (difficulty learning or understanding) (2) 296,500 (3) 355,500 (4) (a) - (f) figures according to ABS Needing assistance Table 7 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) only reports on the category of the core activity restriction when help or supervision is required with one of the tasks comprising that core activity. Therefore data is only available for persons with profound or severe core activity restriction. (a)14,100 (b)61,900 (c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(4) (a) - (f) figures according to ABS Needing assistance Table 7 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) only reports on the category of the core activity restriction when help or supervision is required with one of the tasks comprising that core activity. Therefore data is only available for persons with profound or severe core activity restriction. (a)14,100 (b)61,900 (c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(b)61,900 (c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(c 46,500 (d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(d) 14,100 + 61,900 (e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(e) 14,100 + 46,500 (f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(f) 46,500 + 61,900 (g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
(g) 272,900 Disability Status Table 1 – Disability, Ageing and Carers, Summary Tables – Western Australia 1998.
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