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<div class="contentContribs"><a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/author/Sango%2C+Precious+Nonye"><span class="hlFld-ContribAuthor">Precious Nonye Sango</span></a>, (School of Public Health, Midwifery and Social Work, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, <span class="country">UK</span>)</div>
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<div class="contentContribs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Citation:</strong></span></div>
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<div class="contentContribs"><a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/author/Sango%2C+Precious+Nonye">Precious Nonye Sango</a>, (2017) "Country profile: intellectual and developmental disability in Nigeria", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 22 Issue: 2, pp.87-93, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-07-2016-0019">https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-07-2016-0019</a></div>
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<div class="contentContribs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Abstract:</strong></span></div>
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<div class="contentContribs">The purpose of this paper is to provide a contextual and general overview of intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) in Nigeria. The paper uses a chronological approach, providing an assessment of the understanding and treatment of people with IDD from the pre-colonial era to the present. Nigeria has experienced a different historical path in terms of treatment and service provision for people with IDD compared to industrialised and developing countries such as the UK and Brazil. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with an emerging economy and thus important to review the treatment and social inclusion of people with IDD in the country’s development.</div>
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<div class="contentContribs"><span class="hlFld-KeywordText">Africa</span>, <span class="hlFld-KeywordText">Nigeria</span>, <span class="hlFld-KeywordText">Social inclusion</span>, <span class="hlFld-KeywordText">Attitudes</span>, <span class="hlFld-KeywordText">Care provision</span>, <span class="hlFld-KeywordText">Intellectual and developmental disability</span></div>
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<div class="contentContribs">Emerald Publishing Limited</div>
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<div class="contentContribs">© Emerald Publishing Limited 2017</div>
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<div><span class="copyRight"> Published by <span class="NLM_publisher-name">Emerald Publishing Limited</span>
Licensed re-use rights only</span></div>
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