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WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ACCESSING SERVICES DURING PREGNANCY,CHILDBIRTH AND EARLY MOTHERHOODSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin-Difficulty in learning, remembering or concentrating-Difficulty in dressing, bathing or getting around inside the home-Difficulty in going outside the home alone-Difficulty in working or attending school/college-Learning or intellectual disability-Psychological or emotional condition-Difficulty in participating in other activities-Other, including chronic illness(CSO, 2007b).With modifications to the questions used, the 2006 Census yielded a figure of9.3% of the population having a disability, and a higher number reporting morethan 1 disability, 62%, compared with the 58.1% figure from 2002 (CSO,2007b). The breakdown of figures on women with a disability between the agesof 15 and 44 (almost the entire span of reproductive years in a woman’s life)revealed a total population of 52,232 (CSO, 2007b:pg. 45).2.3.4. The National Disability Survey2.3.4.1. Women of child-bearing ageFigures from the National Disability Survey (NDS) are subject to sampling error,particularly where small subsamples are involved, so should be taken asindicating a ‘ballpark’ or broad order of magnitude rather than precise figures.These figures show about 20,000 women aged 18-34 and about 18,500 womenaged 35-44 had a disability in one or more of the 9 categories used in thesurvey (National Disability Survey, vol. 1 Table 5B). The most frequently-citedconditions for women of childbearing age were mental health conditions, pain,mobility, intellectual and learning disability, and difficulties in remembering andconcentrating (Table 1).13
WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ACCESSING SERVICES DURING PREGNANCY,CHILDBIRTH AND EARLY MOTHERHOODSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College DublinTable 1 - Number of women of childbearing age with different kinds ofimpairment (Thousands) 2% of disabilityamong totalnumber of18-34 35-44Total18-44women in thisage groupSeeing 1.9 1.3 3.2 0.4%Hearing 1.7 1.8 3.5 0.4%Speech 2.6 1.2 3.8 0.4%Mobility &Dexterity 7.1 8.6 15.7 1.8%Remembering &Concentration 6.7 5.3 12.0 1.3%Intellectual &Learning 6.9 3.2 10.1 1.1%Emotional,psychological &mental health 8.8 10.0 18.8 2.1%Pain 7.8 9.6 17.4 2.0%Breathing 3.0 2.9 5.9 0.7%Total Disabilities 46.6 44.0 90.6Persons with adisability 20.0 18.5 38.5 4.3%Averagedisabilities perperson 2.3 2.4Source: National Disability Survey Vol. 1 Table 6bThese figures are subject to sampling error and represent broad orders of magnitude only2.3.4.2. Sight impairmentAccording to the National Disability Survey, the number of women ofchildbearing age with significant sight impairments is of the order of 3,200.Overall, just over half of people with sight impairments recorded in the NDSreported a moderate level of impairment, about 40% reported a lot of difficultyand about 5% could not see at all. If women with sight impairments and ofchildbearing age were proportionately represented in the 2007 births, therewould have been of the order of 280 births to such women.2 These categories are not mutually exclusive.14
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