Disability
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 695181 |
| Registration status: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Disability, Standard 28/09/2016 Health, Standard 29/06/2016 |
| 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 provides a framework for the description of human functioning and disability and 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). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Origin: | WHO (World Health Organization) 2001. ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: WHO |
| Reference documents: | WHO 2015. ICF website. Viewed 26 May 2016, http://www.who.int/classifications/icf/en |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Disability Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Health, Superseded 29/06/2016 Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005 See also Disability (Child protection) Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 See also Standardised disability flag module Community Services (retired), Standard 19/09/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Australian Teacher Workforce Data (ATWD) Collection DSS 2018– Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Dementia NBPDS Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Disability (Child protection) Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Disability Services NMDS 2018–19 Disability, Standard 05/07/2019 Disability specific flag Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 Disability type Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 Person—disability status Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Recorded 25/10/2022 Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Person—disability status, yes/no/not applicable/unknown/unable to be determined/not stated/inadequately described code N Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 17/10/2023 Person—disability status, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Recorded 25/10/2022 Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Person—disability type Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Person—disability type, Tertiary Collection of Student Information disability code NN Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Standard 30/08/2022 Sporting activity—disability specific flag Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 09/08/2023 |