Briefing Paper 656 – Mainstreaming Disability by Lois Law
Disability is an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, denoting the negative aspects of the interaction between an individual and the context in which they find themselves.1 The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is a World Health Organization (WHO) framework which, rather than classifying people solely by their medical condition, classifies health and functional status.