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In the context of health experience, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICFDH) defines disability as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. It denotes the negative aspects of the interaction between an individual (with a health condition) and that individual's contextual factors (environment and personal factors).
The specific measure being used to identify disabled people in these surveys is known as the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS).
A survey respondent is required to indicate ‘a lot of difficulty’ or ‘can’t do it all’ for at least one of the six WGSS questions to be counted as disabled. These domains are seeing, hearing, walking, cognition, self-care, and communication.
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