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Last update - 05:30 11/02/2007 Study: 13% of Israeli childen suffer from disabilities, chronic illnesses By Ruth Sinai, Haaretz Correspondent Almost 300,000 children in Israel, or 13 percent, suffer from chronic illnesses or disabilities. About half have severe emotional or behavioral disorders, about one-fourth have respiratory ailments, 19 percent have sensory diseases or diseases of the central nervous system and 4 percent have muscular or skeletal disorders. The data is included in the first publication of its kind in Israel, on children with special needs, released for the sixth Be'er Sheva conference sponsored by the Council for the Welfare of the Child, which opens tomorrow. The book's editors, Yafa Tzionit and Dr. Asher Ben-Ariyeh, of the Council for the Welfare of the Child noted that the last survey in this area was conducted a decade ago. T Advertisement he study found that as opposed to a national average of 12.8 percent, more children with special needs (18.1 percent) live in communities with lower socioeconomic profiles. In socioeconomically stronger communities, 8.6 percent of children are defined as having special needs, due in large part to parents' greater awareness and ability to pay for diagnosis of learning disabilities. Approximately 46,000 children are enrolled in the special education system or in special education classes in regular schools. Their number has grown 16 percent over the past three years. Only 12 percent of children with special needs receive a National Insurance Institute (NII) stipend because of strict eligibility conditions, while approximately one-fourth live in households in which neither parent is working. Among the Negev Bedouin, about 50 percent of special-needs children live in households where there is no breadwinner. Bookmark to del.icio.us   A second visit? Peres invites Bush to visit Israel in May for Independence Day. After Iowa Is there room for both McCain and Giuliani's campaigns?   1.   What percentage of Israeli adults 10:26  |  JW 11/02/07   2.   13% of Israeli kids suffer from Disabilities 11:13  |  robin 11/02/07   3.   for jw 12:15  |  moshe 11/02/07   4.   pollution 12:41  |  Michael 11/02/07   5.   Autism 13:14  |  Johnny Weintraub 11/02/07   6.   Autism to #5 14:25  |  robin 11/02/07   7.   but they succeed quiet well 15:59  |  ziad 11/02/07   8.   Reply to Robin (Post No. 5) 17:17  |  Johnny Weintraub 11/02/07   9.   ...and they called Israel safe? 17:56  |  Guss 11/02/07   10.   Why, Why Did You Leave Switzerland? #4 17:58  |  Simon 11/02/07   11.   What percentage of Israel`s children suffer genetic related... 01:50  |  Maureen Ann 12/02/07   12.   Shocking. 08:11  |  Deborah 12/02/07   13.   To JW, Ziad, Guss, Maureen and Deborah 09:03  |  Judith 12/02/07   14.   #9 09:13  |  Tanya 12/02/07   15.   Maureen Anne 10:22  |  Zelkha 12/02/07   16.   to #10 11:10  |  Michael 12/02/07   17.   Response to #1 15:16  |  Margot 12/02/07   18.   #9 Tanya 19:40  |  krystal 12/02/07   19.   Johnny 19:43  |  krystal 12/02/07   20.   Food colouring and sugar is one of the causes 20:44  |  Sara 12/02/07   21.   I pity the teachers in primary schools 20:51  |  Sara 12/02/07   22.   The number could be even higher if not for abortions 20:58  |  Aaron 12/02/07   23.   Clarity 02:59  |  Matthew Houston 13/02/07   24.   Margot #17 15:30  |  JW 13/02/07   25.   #4 don`t complain, you knew what is waiting for you 16:20  |  itamar 13/02/07   26.   My 21 year old son has SEVERE OCD 05:56  |  Nancy Cooper 05/01/08   27.   OCD and your son`s illness 06:01  |  Nancy Cooper 05/01/08

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