Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children with disabilities (n = 345)

Sex

 Boys

97 (58.1)

116 (65.2)

0.176

 Girls

70 (41.9)

62 (34.8)

Age

 5–9 years

73 (43.7)

40 (22.5)

<0.001

 10–14 years

70 (41.9)

80 (44.9)

 15–17 years

24 (14.4)

58 (32.6)

Parental status

 Orphan

0 (0.0)

29 (16.3)

<0.001

 Not Orphan

167 (100.0)

149 (83.7)

Disability type

 Physical

25 (25.0)

78 (43.8)

<0.001

 Sensory

13 (7.8)

47 (26.4)

 Developmental

70 (41.9)

39 (21.9)

 Autism

23 (13.8)

9 (5.1)

 Multiple disability

36 (21.6)

5 (2.8)

Disability ID card ( n =334)

 Yes

105 (64.4)

126 (73.7)

0.067

 No

58 (35.6)

45 (26.3)

Type of disability ID card ( n =230)

 Red card (Profound disability)

69 (65.7)

27 (21.6)

<0.001

 Blue card (Severe disability)

32 (30.5)

63 (50.4)

 Yellow card (Moderate disability)

3 (2.9)

26 (20.8)

 White card (Mild disability)

1 (1.0)

9 (7.2)

Methods of communication

 Verbal

82 (49.1)

125 (70.2)

<0.001

 Non-verbal

85 (50.9)

53 (29.8)

Feeding ability of children

 Feeds self

118 (70.7)

170 (95.5)

<0.001

 Needed feeding

49 (29.3)

8 (4.5)

CDDS ( n =333)

 ≤4

30 (19.0)

12 (6.9)

<0.001

 5

49 (31.0)

46 (26.3)

 6

51 (32.3)

104 (59.4)

 7

28 (17.7)

13 (7.4)