ABSTRACT
A person with normal function can perform daily activities in the way or within the array measured normal for a human being depending on the age, gender, and culture. Disability manifests when physical or intellectual impairment substantially limits or restricts a person to perform his/her major life activities. “International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health” describes “Disability” as an umbrella term for the whole disability process namely impairment, limitation of activity and participation restriction. The disabilities may be due to disorders of intellectual, visual, hearing, motor functions, sensory functions, and medical conditions such as stroke, cardiomyopathy. The disability becomes permanent once the condition remains stationary after maximum medical and rehabilitation management and the person remains disabled with the limitation of activities and restriction of participation in vocational, avocational, social, and civic life. “World report on disability 2011” estimates more than one billion people including children or about 15% of the world population to be living with disability and 110–190 million suffer from considerable problems in functioning. “United Nations Standard Rule on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disability 1993” describes rehabilitation as a measure to enable persons with disabilities to regain their functions to an optimum level in physical, sensory, intellectual, and psychosocial status and reintegrate them into the society with a higher level of independence. It recommends awareness raising, medical care, rehabilitation, supportive services, and training of personnel providing health and rehabilitation services as preconditions to attain this goal. “Integrated Evaluation of Disability” explains the importance of “Disability Evaluation.”
