@article{MAKHILLTSS20138622467,
    title = {Childhood Disabilities and Child Protection in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {8},
    number = {6},
    pages = {579-584},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2013.579.584},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2013.579.584},
    author = {Md. Nazrul Islam,Shamim,Mohammad Zamirul,Md. Sabbir,Md. and},
    keywords = {CWDs,DSQ,TQP,child abuse,child protection},
    abstract = {The Children with Disabilities (CWDs) from low socio-economic 
  status are always being discriminated and subjected to abuse and exploitation 
  within the family and society. So, the main aims of the study were to identify 
  the childhood disabilities and protections for the disabled children including 
  those are at-risk of sexual abuse and exploitation in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. 
  A total of 500 (250 males, 250 females) children at Rajshahi were assessed for 
  identifying disabilities, as well as explored the risk of abused and protection. 
  The 33 mothers of disabled children, 10 professionals and 4 special education 
  teachers were participated in this study. To assess the disabilities of the 
  children, Denver Screening Questionnaire (DSQ) and Ten Questions with Plus (TQP) 
  were used. The 2 sets of questionnaires were used to collect demographic and 
  household information. Another set of questionnaire was also used to explore 
  the risk of abuse, types of abuse and identifying the abusers and whether taken 
  action against the abusers or not. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and in-depth 
  interview were applied to collect information from the mothers of CWDs, professionals 
  and special educator teachers. The study results revealed that 46 (9.20%) children 
  aged (2-9 years) were identified as any type of disability. A total of 71 (14.20%) 
  children were abused, of them 55 (77.46%) were physically, 42 (59.15) were mentally 
  were abused. Among the abused children, almost all (78.87%) were abused by the 
  family members but a few guardians (35.21%) were taken action against the abusers.}
    }