Re: What is a disability?
blackhead wrote in news:354eea39-256e-43db-83ab-
aef80ef847ff@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com:
> What is the most credible definition of a disability?
>
> Thankyou
Under the terms of the Disability Discrimination act 2005 a disability is
defomed as
* substantial means neither minor nor trivial
* long term means that the effect of the impairment has lasted or is
likely to last for at least 12 months (there are special rules covering
recurring or fluctuating conditions)
* normal day-to-day activities include everyday things like eating,
washing, walking and going shopping
* a normal day-to-day activity must affect one of the 'capacities' listed
in the Act which include mobility, manual dexterity, speech, hearing,
seeing and memory
Some conditions, such as a tendency to set fires and hay fever, are
specifically excluded.
People who have had a disability in the past that meets this definition are
also covered by the scope of the Act. There are additional provisions
relating to people with progressive conditions.
The DDA 2005 amended the definition of disability. It removed the requirement
that a mental illness should be 'clinically well-recognised'.
It also ensured that people with HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis are
deemed to be covered by the DDA effectively from the point of diagnosis,
rather than from the point when the condition has some adverse effect on
their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:33:18 GMT
author: Jock Strap
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Re: What is a disability?
Up to you.
From the "National Community Services Data Dictionary, Version 2 -
Information Annex 4.2 Disability" (might be one or two typos in here).
"Introduction
Many different definitions of disability are used in Australia, both in
administrative data collections and in Acts of Parliament. The consistent
identification of disability in national data collections has been
recommended in a number of reports, so as to enable:
¥ the monitoring of access to generic services by people with a disability;
¥ the collection of more consistent data on disability support and related
services, including data on service use by different groups; and
¥ population data and service data to be related, thereby improving the
nation's analytical capacity in relation to the need for and supply of
services.
Disability definitions in use in Australia were examined (Madden & Hogan,
1997) and an attempt made to relate the definitions to the concepts and
definitions of the International Classification of Impairments, Disability
and Handicaps (ICIDH-2 Beta-1 draft, 1997). Four main categories of
definitions were considered:
¥ broad inclusive definitions for population research and
anti-discrimination measures (such as Commonwealth Disability Discrimination
Act (1992));
¥ definitions for generic or 'mainstream' services (such as Commonwealth
Higher Education Programs, AUSTUDY);
¥ definitions for income support, insurance and social security (such as
Social Security Act (1991), Disability Support Pension, Carer Allowance
(Child), Carer Payment); and
¥ definitions for disability support services (such as Disability Services
Acts for Commonwealth, States and Territories.
...
Disability arises when any or all of the negative outcomes occur -
impairment, activity limitation and/or participation restriction - when they
are associated with a related 'health condition'. While restrictions in
participation may occur for reasons other than a health-related condition,
these restrictions are not considered to be included in the scope of
'disability'.
The dimensions of the ICIDH-2, Beta-2, 1999 are defined in relation to a
health condition. 'A health condition is an alteration or attribute of the
health state of an individual that may lead to distress, interference with
daily activities, or contact with health services. It may be a disease
(acute or chronic), disorder, injury or trauma, or reflect other
health-related states such as pregnancy, ageing, stress, congenital anomaly
or genetic predisposition' (WHO, 1999). In the WHO's international
classifications, health conditions are classified mainly in the
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
...
The ICIDH-2 is a framework in which to map functioning and disability. Each
of the three dimensions of the ICIDH-2, together with the relevant
qualifiers, provides a spectrum, somewhere on which all people will be able
to find themselves. The terms 'functioning' and 'disability' are the
overarching concepts of the classification - the more a person considers
their activities to be limited or their participation to be restricted, the
more they may describe themselves as having a disability. Likewise a service
may describe its eligibility criteria in terms of the activities with which
people need assistance, the equipment they require to perform an activity
without difficulty, or the participation they wish to increase. A different
service may 'set the bar' to entry at a different point in the framework
provided by the data elements.
There can thus be no single definition of disability. Each person and each
service may identify the presence of disability differently."
Kevin
"blackhead" wrote in message
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> What is the most credible definition of a disability?
>
> Thankyou
date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:49:29 GMT
author: Kevin Balaam
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