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A comparison of patterns of disability in severely mentally handicapped children of different ethnic origins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2011

H. A. Akinsola  and
T. Fryers
H. A. Akinsola
Affiliation:
From Unilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria, and the Department of Community Medicine,University of Manchester
T. Fryers*
Affiliation:
From Unilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria, and the Department of Community Medicine,University of Manchester
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr T. Fryers, Department of Community Medicine, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT.
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Synopsis

All severely mentally handicapped children aged 5–19 years from the city of Manchester were identified in a cross-sectional study. A standardized Disability Assessment Schedule was used to assess the variety and degree of disabilities experienced by each child and by specific subgroups of the children. This paper focuses upon differences between groups of European and Non-European ethnic origin. Boys showed more disabilities than girls in both groups, but non-European children had more severe disabilities in virtually all categories.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 127 - 133
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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