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- Disability is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in their International Classification of Impairment, Disability and Handicap (ICIDH) model as ‘any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being’ (WHO 1980).
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The ICF is a standard and universal language and conceptual basis to understand and describe disability. It brings together the diverse models of disability and understands disability as a description of the situation of a person rather than as a characteristic of the person.
World Health Organization Policy on Disability Preamble 1. The World Health Organization (WHO) commits, through this policy, to making WHO an organization which is inclusive of people with disability in all their diversity and systematically integrates disability in all programme areas, contributing to the practical implementation of the
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) of the World Health Organization (WHO) and gain an understanding of how it fits within UNICEF’s mission. The ICF is a standard and universal language and conceptual basis to understand and describe disability. It brings
Sep 8, 2022 · The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the international standard for framing, describing, recording and measuring functioning and disability [1,2]. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends using this classification alongside the International Classification of Diseases, 11th revision (ICD-11 ...
- 10.3390/ijerph191811321
- 2022/09
This first chapter provides a general orientation about disability, introducing key concepts – such as the human rights approach to disability, the intersection between disability and development, and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) – and explores the barriers that disadvantage persons with ...
- 2011
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, known more commonly as ICF, provides a standard language and framework for the description of health and health-related states.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a framework for organising and documenting information on functioning and disability (WHO 2001).
