SPTH1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: International Classification Of Functioning, Disability And Health, Speech-Language Pathology, Asperger Syndrome

• School: University of Newcastle
• Department: Speech Pathology
• Course: SPTH1001
• Professor: Joanne Walters

Document Summary

Introduction to the international classification of functioning, disability. A state of complete physical emotional and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease. Health shapes how we thing about people who have illness disability and disorders (cid:862)i a(cid:373) a perso(cid:374) (cid:374)ot a diag(cid:374)osis(cid:863) rahman,2013, para. 1. Old time speech pathology often described people as their disorder 20 stutterers (cid:449)e(cid:396)e i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed . Now it is (cid:862) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) (cid:449)ho stutte(cid:396)s(cid:863) it is more personal! Some people are reclaiming their titles (cid:862)aspies(cid:863) fo(cid:396) people (cid:449)ith aspe(cid:396)ge(cid:396)(cid:859)s. Aims to change how people think about and deal with disability. States that disability arises from the interaction of health characteristics and contextual factors. Facilitates a level of communication between international waters. It has the capacity to communicate the separation between biology, humans, and the environment. Helps us identify what we can do to remove barriers and improve peoples functional outcomes.