Lecture Set 2 - Who Are PWD - Pt. 2.pdf

International Classification of Functioning, Disability & Health Classification of health and healthrelated domains “There are hundreds of different disabilities. Some are congenital; most come later in life. Some are progressive…. Others are episodic and progressive. Some conditions are static… Sti...

International Classification of Functioning, Disability & Health Classification of health and healthrelated domains “There are hundreds of different disabilities. Some are congenital; most come later in life. Some are progressive…. Others are episodic and progressive. Some conditions are static… Still others… can even go away… Each disability comes in differing degrees of severity.” Think of ‘health’ and ‘disability’ in a new light. It acknowledges that every human being can experience a decrement in health and thereby experience some degree of disability. ‘Mainstreams’ the experience of disability and recognizes it as a universal human experience. Shifts to focus of disability from cause to impact. Takes into account the social aspects of disability and does not see disability only as a 'medical' or 'biological' dysfunction. Considers environmental factors and how the environment affects the person's functioning. Includes Contextual and Environmental perspectives “If activities can be changed, or adapted, so that limitations are minimized or eliminated, then the disability no longer exists.” Health & Disability Reporting: Measure health status of countries Used to teach others how to report on health and disability Clinical & Epidemiological Use: Functional status assessment, goal setting & treatment planning and monitoring, as well as outcome measurement Social Policy: Anti-discrimination law, disability evaluation Research: Impact, intervention, application 3 Models of categorizing disability Take-aways From Parts 1 & 2… 6 Elemental Aspects highlighted in each model ICF Know what the ICF is Understand its role in how we understand disability Understand how the ICF has changed the perception of disability Read assigned reading ‘Strengths Perspective’ posted on UR Courses Next Class Saleebey, D. (2013). The strengths perspective in social work practice (6th Edition, pp. 1-23). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.