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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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</strong></span><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>

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<p class="last">The purpose of this paper is to provide a contextual and general overview of intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) in Nigeria.</p>

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<p class="last">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.</p>

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<p class="last">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.</p>

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<div class="sectionJumpTo">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 style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Keywords:</strong></span></div>
<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"><span class="NLM_publisher-name">Emerald Publishing Limited
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<div class="contentContribs"><span class="copyRight"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Copyright:</strong></span></span></div>
<div class="contentContribs"><span class="copyRight">© Emerald Publishing Limited 2017
Published by <span class="NLM_publisher-name">Emerald Publishing Limited</span>
Licensed re-use rights only</span></div>
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