Children With Special Health Care Needs Are More Likely to Have Adverse Childhood Experiences

The prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is higher among children and youth with special health care needs than among their peers without such needs, according to Child Trends’ analysis of data from the 2016–17 National Survey of Children’s Health. The survey asks parents or guardians to report whether their child has experienced any of nine ACEs.

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