Social Participation of Children with Communication Disability: An Observation from Bangladesh

Public Health

Introduction: In Bangladesh disability is the most common challenging issue in this country and communication impairment is common in all types of childhood disability. Objective: This study aims to find out the social participation of children with communication disability. Methodology: This is a cross sectional quantitative study design where researcher uses convenient sampling technique. Result: About 54.50% (30) child’s participation in communication with other children and adults at home was somewhat limited, among 60% (33) child’s participation was very limited in communicating with other children and adults in the Neighborhood and Community and about 56.4% (31) participation was somewhat limited in communicating with other children and adults at school. Among the participants 47.3% (26) children found in the age range of 8-10 years. Conclusion: The mean trends consistently show that children with communication disability take part in a variety of activities but with less intensity and restricted social and environment contexts when compared with their typically-developing peers. Parents placed importance on communication and its influence on children's independence, behavior and relationships. It will be more effective when rehabilitation professional work with communication disability children to remove their disability through ensuring the participation with playmates, in school, in environment and social.

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