Part B - Diagnostic Criteria (Continued)
A person is regarded as a person with a disability if his or her impairment is to such an extent that he or she –
Is unable to walk, for example, wheelchair user;
Is able to walk only with the use of assistive devices, for example, callipers, crutches, walking frames and other such devices;
Is able to walk without the use of assistive devices but with a degree of difficulty, for example, persons with Cerebral Palsy, Polio
etc (that is, requires inordinate amount of time to walk);
Is functionally limited in the use of their upper limbs.
With the exclusion of intellectual disability, a person is regarded to be a person with a mental disability if he or she has been diagnosed,
in terms of accepted diagnostic criteria (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM V)) by a mental health care practitioner authorised to
make such diagnosis, with a mental impairment that disrupts daily functioning and this impairment moderately or severely interferes or
limits the performance of major life activities, such as learning, thinking, communicating and sleeping, among others.
Notes:
Moderate impairment means a Global Assessment Functioning Score (GAF-Score) between 31 and 60; and
Severe impairment means GAF-Score of 30 and below.
Is your patient’s impairment in accordance with these criteria?
If Yes, when did your patient for the first time meet these criteria? (CCYYMM)
Is your patient’s impairment in accordance with these criteria?
If Yes, when did your patient for the first time meet these criteria? (CCYYMM)
Hearing disability is defined as the functional limitations resulting from a hearing impairment. Hearing impairment is a sensory impairment
that will influence verbal communication between speaker and listener.
1. An adult is considered moderately to severely hearing impaired when the hearing loss is described as follows without the use of an
amplification device/s:
Bilateral hearing loss with a pure tone average equal to or greater than 25 dBHL in each ear.
Unilateral hearing loss with pure tone average equal to or greater than 40 dBHL in the affected ear.
2. A child is considered moderately to severely hearing impaired when the hearing loss is described as follows without the use of an
amplification device/s:
Bilateral hearing loss with a pure tone average greater than 15 dBHL in each ear;
Unilateral hearing loss with a pure tone average equal to or greater than 20 dBHL in the affected ear.
Notes:
Hearing impairment is an abnormal or reduced function in hearing resulting from an auditory disorder.
A child is a person between the ages of 0 to 18 years.
Amplification devices include hearing aids, implantable devices and assistive listening devices.
Pure Tone Average (PTA): average of hearing sensitivity thresholds (in decibel hearing level) to pure tone signals at 500 Hz & 1000
Hz, 2000 Hz & 4000 Hz of each ear.
Bilateral hearing loss is a hearing sensitivity loss in both ears.
Unilateral hearing loss is a hearing sensitivity loss in one ear only.
Is your patient’s impairment in accordance with these criteria?
If Yes, when did your patient for the first time meet these criteria? (CCYYMM)
A person is regarded to be a person with an intellectual disability if he or she has a moderate to severe impairment in intellectual
functioning that is accompanied by a significant limitation in adaptive functioning in at least two of the following skill areas:
Communication
Self-care
Home living
Social/Interpersonal skills
Use of community resources
Self-direction
Functional academic skills, work, leisure, health and safety.
Notes:
Moderate impairment means an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) between 35 and 49; and
Severe impairment means IQ of 34 and below.
Is your patient’s impairment in accordance with these criteria?
If Yes, when did your patient for the first time meet these criteria? (CCYYMM)