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Trends and Influences in the Integration of Students with Disabilities in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Ian Dempsey  and
Phil Foreman
Ian Dempsey
Affiliation:
The University of Newcastle
Phil Foreman
Affiliation:
The University of Newcastle
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Abstract

Although support for the integration of students with disabilities has increased in the past 20 years in Australia, it has not been clear to what extent this support has resulted in less restrictive educational placements for these students. This paper reports the results of an analysis of trends in the placement of students with disabilities in Australian schools. The paper also discusses the influence on this educational placement by sex, age and number of disabilities of school students, and their State of residence. This discussion follows the analysis of portions of a national data set compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that related to people with disabilities.

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Research Article
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , January 1995 , pp. 47 - 53
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1995

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