Question NW376 to the Minister of Social Development
23 March 2021 - NW376
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) is the total number of children who are living with disabilities in each town in (i) Hantam and (ii) Karoo-Hoogland Municipalities and (b) kind of disabilities are the children living with mostly in Calvinia?
Reply:
The Department renders, as one of the programmes, services to Parents and Children with severe and profound Intellectual disabilities accessing Day-care centres (Partial care services). We work in a co-ordinated manner with provinces in ensuring the mobilisation of Parents and identification of children with disabilities. Whilst the information provided in response to this parliamentary question was sourced from the DSD disability programme and SASSA, the DSD programme is hard at work with the identification and mobilizing parents to ensure an updated database.
The shared information is the consolidated data inputs from DSD disability programme and the SASSA Provincial office.:
a) Total number of children with disabilities:
NO |
MUNICIPALITY |
LOCAL OFFICE AREA |
NUMBER |
(i) |
Hantam |
Calvinia |
18 |
Brandvlei |
12 |
||
Niewoudtville and Louriesfontein |
16 |
||
TOTAL |
46 |
||
(ii) |
Karoo Hoogland |
Williston |
20 |
Frazerburg and Sutherland |
19 |
||
TOTAL |
39 |
||
GRAND TOTAL |
85 |
b) Types of disabilities in identified children in the Calvinia Area:
8 Physical Disabilities
2 Cerebral Palsy
2 Multiple disabilities
6 Intellectual Disability
Total: 18
National Assembly Written Reply: 376 of 2021
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Approved by the Minister of Social Development
Date……………………….