Functioning Disability And Contextual Factors

The ICF, also known as the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health, is “a classification of health and health related domains” (Who.int, 2016, para. 1). The ICF looks at a particular person’s disability or health problem and unlike the bio-medical framework, it understands that a person’s well-being is both dynamic and complex. Its aim is to help people with illness or disability to live their lives fully and not just when it occurs, but for their whole lives. The ICF is based off the Biopsychosocial Healthcare Framework. Two main parts make up the ICF framework, however these two parts can be broken up into further subparts. The two main parts are Functioning and Disability and Contextual Factors. Functioning and …show more content…
Dwa.org.au (2016 para. 1) defines a disability as “a condition which may restrict a person 's mental, sensory, or mobility functions to undertake or perform a task in the same way as a person who does not have a disability.” This however doesn’t mean one with a disability can’t perform any important task, either work or personal. People with disabilities may be restricted from doing certain activates and tasks, however, it is up to us to support these people and not decide what they can or can’t do based upon stereotypes, every signal person is different, and every condition is different, so everyone deserves treated equally and fairly. A disability is more than just an individual resigned to a wheelchair, or they can’t see or hear. It can be split into 5 groups. A Physical disability is one that affects a person’s mobility or dexterity, an Intellectual disability affects a person’s ability to learn, Psychiatric disability is one that affects the thinking processes of a person, Sensory Disability affects a person’s ability to hear or see and Neurological disability is the loss of some bodily or mental …show more content…
If an individual has no function from their chest down, it will restrict them from performing some tasks that the ‘normal’ individual would take for granted, tasks such as dressing themselves, cleaning themselves and their home, looking after children or simply getting in and out of bed. This is not to say that a person wouldn’t be able to perform these tasks, however, more time might need to be allocated to a specific task or extra help may be needed for certain jobs, such as cleaning a high shelf. The individual might have to sacrifice some other social or personal activities that they enjoy, just to perform other more necessary