International classification of functioning, disability and health

THIS IS THE LARGE PRINT VERSION OF 'ICF' FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED'International Classification of Functioning ' (ICF) is a classification of health and health-related domains that provides a standard language for describing how people live with their health condition. It covers body functions and structures, activities and participation, from both individual and societal perspectives. The 'ICF' puts the notions of health and disability in a new light. Disability is not something that only happens to a minority of humanity. It acknowledges that every human being can undergo a decrement in health and thereby experience some degree of disability. The 'ICF' thus mainstreams the experience of disability and recognizes it as a universal human experience. By shifting the focus from cause to impact, it places all health conditions on an equal footing allowing them to be compared using a common metric the ruler of health and disability. Furthermore, 'ICF' takes into account the social aspects