Is this true

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I read that 1 in 40 children are born or become severely disabled.
Is this true?
No definition of 'severe' though.

buggered if I know. It just said 'children'
But it did make me think about the testing poeple do and then panic over a 1 in 200 chance of something. Bit pointlss if 1 in 40 children are disabled whatever you do. The Statistcs office has a 7 - 10% of all children considered disabled so i gues sthat includes mild as well as severe.

I'd maybe think it true if it were to include milder disabilities. I was asked by a HV if we had a blue badge the other day, was a bit taken aback as at the moment ds has no dx, and his main problem is speech delay. I'd never even considered applying for a badge for that reason.

But severe? I'd consider the needs of children in special schools to be classed as severe (in this area, anyway, that may not be true for all regions.) Our local school has around 70 pupils, there have to be more than 2800 children in education in our town, so on that basis I'd say it's a misleading statistic.

7-10% sounds more realistic, to include all disabilities, in my very humble and non scientific opinion!!

I doubt if speech delay would get you a blue badge. Aspergers doesn't!

70 out of 2800 is 1 in 40.