Disability
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Glossary Item |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 327304 |
Registration status:![]() |
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Definition:![]() | Disability is the umbrella term for any or all of: an impairment of body structure or function, a limitation in activities, or a restriction in participation. Disability is a multi-dimensional and complex concept and is conceived as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and environmental and personal factors (WHO 2001:6). |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments:![]() | 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, for instance to enable:
Defining disability makes it possible to determine the number of people who are accessing services, both disability specific and generic, and also those with a disability in the general population with unmet need. Better definition of disability will aid better targeting of resources to those in need. Disability arises from the interaction between health conditions and environmental and personal factors. A health condition may be a disease (acute or chronic), disorder, injury or trauma. Environmental factors make up the physical, social and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their lives. Personal factors relate to the individual, such as age, sex and Indigenous status. The concept 'Disability' can be described using a combination of related metadata items as building blocks. The metadata items selected may vary depending on the definition of disability used. For example, in hospital rehabilitation, the focus may be on the impairment and activity dimensions and in community-based care the focus may be primarily on participation. Some applications may require a broad scope for inclusion (e.g. discrimination legislation). Data collections relating to services will select combinations of the data elements, which best reflect the eligibility criteria for the service. This glossary item is based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The ICF was endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2001 as a reference member of the WHO Family of International Classifications and of the Australian Family of Health and Related Classifications (endorsed by the National Health Information Management Group in 2002). The ICF provides a framework for the description of human functioning and disability. The components of ICF are defined in relation to a health condition. A health condition is an ‘umbrella term for disease (acute or chronic), disorder, injury or trauma’ (WHO 2001). A health condition may be recorded, for example, as Episode of care principal diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd Edn) ANN{.N[N]} and Episode of care additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 3rd Edn) ANN{.N[N]}. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin:![]() | World Health Organization (WHO) 2001. ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2003. ICF Australian User Guide Version 1.0. Canberra: AIHW |
Reference documents:![]() | Further information on the ICF can be found in the ICF itself and the ICF Australian User Guide (AIHW 2003) and the following websites |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Disability
Has been superseded by Disability (Child protection)
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Metadata items which use this glossary item:![]() | Activities and participation code (ICF 2001) AN[NNN]
Activities and participation code (ICF 2001) N[NNN]
Activity difficulty level code (ICF 2001) N
Activity difficulty level code (ICF 2001) N
Activity need for assistance code N
Activity need for assistance disability code N
Body function code (ICF 2001) AN[NNNN]
Body functions code (ICF 2001) N[NNNN]
Body structure code (ICF 2001) AN[NNNN]
Body structures code (ICF 2001) N[NNNN]
Community Housing DSS 2018-
Disability grouping code N[N]
Disability status
Dwelling—modification requirement status
Dwelling—modification status
Dwelling—modification status, code N
Environmental factor code (ICF 2001) AN[NNN]
Environmental factors code (ICF 2001) N[NNN]
Extent of environmental factors influence code (ICF 2001) [X]N
Extent of environmental factors influence code (ICF 2001) [X]N
Functioning and Disability DSS
Goal of care code NN
Household in greatest need code N
Household in greatest need code N
Household—disability status
Household—disability status
Household—disability status, yes/no code N
Household—disability status, yes/no code N
Household—greatest need status
Impairment extent code (ICF 2001) N
Impairment extent code (ICF 2001) N
Impairment location code (ICF 2001) N
Impairment location code (ICF 2001) N
Impairment nature code (ICF 2001) N
Impairment nature code (ICF 2001) N
Low income household—special need status
Mainstream community housing DSS 2013-18
Mainstream community housing DSS 2014-
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18
Participation extent code (ICF 2001) N
Participation extent code (ICF 2001) N
Participation satisfaction level code N
Person—disability group, child protection code N[N]
Person—disability status
Person—disability status, code N
Person—disability status, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N
Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018-
Public rental housing DSS 2013-14
Public rental housing DSS 2014-17
Public rental housing DSS 2017-18
State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2013-14
State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2014-17
State owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) DSS 2017-18
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