Reflections on Disability Language and the ICIDH/ICF

Abstract

The following is a reaction to the new developments in measurement language and the approaches to definitions of disability developed through the revisions of the ICIDH and the resulting ICF. It provides the view of an individual who has lived with limitations as well as an individual who has served as the president of an international disability organization.

Citation

Andersson, Y. (2006), "Reflections on Disability Language and the ICIDH/ICF", Altman, B.M. and Barnartt, S.N. (Ed.) International Views on Disability Measures: Moving Toward Comparative Measurement (Research in Social Science and Disability, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3547(05)04005-4