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Definition

The experience of disability, impairment or condition identified by a given person, represented by a label.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Disability Category A(11) ".
Data Type ALPHASTRING
Format A(11)
Maximum character length 11
Values
Value Meaning Definition Start Date End Date
Permissible Values LEARNING Intellectual learning: associated with impairment of intellectual functions which limit a range of daily activities and restrict participation in a range of life areas, for example, but not limited to; dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyslexia.
PSYCHIATRIC Associated with clinically recognisable symptoms and behaviour patterns frequently associated with distress that may impair personal functioning in normal social activity, for example, but not limited to; Asperger syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, behavioural disorders, bipolar, depression, eating disorders, epilepsy, manias, phobias, schizophrenia, somnias.
SENSORY Sensory/speech: including vision disability (blindness, vision impairment); hearing disability (deafness, hearing impairment that cause severe restrictions in communication); deaf-blind (dual sensory impairments causing severe restrictions in communication); speech disability (speech loss, impairment which causes severe restrictions in communication).
PHYSICAL Physical/diverse: associated with the presence of an impairment, which may have diverse effects within and among individuals, including effects on physical activities such as mobility. This grouping includes physical disability, for example; paraplegia, quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, motor neurone disease, neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, absence or deformities of limbs, acquired brain injury, neurological disability (including epilepsy, dementias, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease).
Supplementary Values NOTSTATED Not stated/Inadequately described

Comments

Note: A client can only have a 'Not/stated/Inadequately described' value for this data item if they have reported experiencing a disability. A client recorded as 'No disability' cannot be recorded as 'Not stated/Inadequately described'. This reflects how data is uploaded into the Data Exchange system.

  • If the service provider is using the Data Exchange web portal as a direct user interface to record client details, they can only be prompted to select a disability category (including 'Not stated/Inadequately described') after they have selected a check box confirming that the client does have a disability.
  • For system-to-system and bulk-upload-XML uploads, the Data Exchange system will prevent any records from updating if a service provider tries to record 'Not stated/Inadequately' when a client does not report experiencing a disability at the same time.

See Data Exchange Protocols for further detail.

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Input in Derivations 1
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 4
As a numerator in an Indicator 1
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 5