HSS 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Comorbidity, Dualism, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
13 Oct 2017
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Understanding disability: disability is part of the human condition. Equalization of opportunities of persons with disabilities have incorporated the human rights of people with disabilities, culminating in 2006 with the adoption of the united. What is disability: disability is complex, dynamic, multidimensional, and contested. Icf, adopted as the conceptual framework for this world report on disability, understands functioning and disability as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and contextual factors, both personal and environmental. However, these factors are not yet conceptualized or classified. Organization (who) free of charge around the world. Who estimates that early detection and treatment with multidrug therapy have prevented about. 4 million people from being disabled: diversity of disability, health conditions can be visible or invisible; temporary or long term; static, episodic, or degenerating; painful or inconsequential. Note that many people with disabilities do not consider them- selves to be unhealthy: also while disability correlates with disadvantage, not all people with disabilities are equally disadvantaged.
