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Definition

Disability impairment/type labels

Conceptual Domain

Disability
Statuses: [FACSIAR Data Governance Committee: Qualified, Sept. 27, 2024]
A person’s functioning or disability is conceived as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and environmental and personal factors (WHO...

Representation

Data Type ALPHANUMERICSTRING
Format X(100)
Maximum character length 100

Values

Value Meaning Definition Start Date End Date
Permissible Values Acquired brain injury
Autism (including Asperger’s syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Delay)
Body Function - Acquired brain injury
Body Function - Deaf-Blind (dual sensory)
Body Function - Developmental delay
Body Function - Hearing (sensory)
Body Function - Neurological (including epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease)
Body Function - Not stated/Inadequately described
Body Function - Physical
Body Function - Physical/diverse
Body Function - Sensory/speech
Body Function - Speech
Body Function - Vision (sensory)
Body Structure - Developmental delay
Body Structure - Hearing (sensory)
Body Structure - Not stated/Inadequately described
Body Structure - Physical
Body Structure - Physical/diverse
Body Structure - Sensory/speech
Body Structure - Speech
Body Structure - Vision (sensory)
Deaf-Blind (dual sensory)
Developmental delay
Hearing (sensory)
Intellectual (including Down syndrome)
Intellectual/learning
Mental Function - Acquired brain injury
Mental Function - Autism (including Asperger's syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Delay)
Mental Function - Deaf-Blind (dual sensory)
Mental Function - Developmental delay
Mental Function - Intellectual (including Down syndrome)
Mental Function - Intellectual/learning
Mental Function - Neurological (including epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease)
Mental Function - Not stated/Inadequately described
Mental Function - Psychiatric
Mental Function - Specific learning/Attention Deficit Disorder (other than intellectual)
Neurological (including epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease)
Physical
Physical/diverse
Psychiatric
Sensory/speech
Specific learning/Attention Deficit Disorder (other than intellectual)
Speech
Vision (sensory)
Supplementary Values No Disability
Not stated/Inadequately described

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Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 1