Towards a Common Language for Functioning, Disability and ...

WHO/EIP/GPE/ : EnglishDistr.: GeneralTowardsaCommon LanguageforFunctioning, Disability and HealthICFW orld Health OrganizationGeneva20021 Towards aCommon LanguageforFunctioning, Disability and Health:ICFThe International Classificationof Functioning, Disability and HealthIntroduction 2 ICF and the WHO Family of Classifications 3 The need for ICF 4 How will WHO use ICE 5 How can ICF be used? 6 The Model of ICF 9 Concepts of functioning and disability10 The qualifiers11 Underlying principles of ICF14 The Domains of ICF15 Conclusion19 The World-Wide ICF Network202 INTRODUCTIONThe International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, knownmore commonly as ICF, provides a standard Language and framework for thedescription of health and health-related states. Like the first version publishedby the World Health Organization for trial purposes in 1980, ICF is a multi-purpose classification intended for a wide range of uses in different sectors. It isa classification of health and health-related domains -- domains that help us todescribe changes in body function and structure, what a person with a healthcondition can do in a standard environment (their level of capacity), as well aswhat they actually do in their usual environment (their level of performance).

kind of thinking. We want to make ICF a tool for measuring functioning in society, no matter what the reason for one's impairments. So it becomes a much more versatile tool with a much broader area of use than a traditional classification of health and disability. This is a radical shift. From emphasizing people's disabilities, we now focus on

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