Defining and applying a functionality approach to intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 657-668

  Luckasson, R ^a   Schalock, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Classification; Functionality approach; Human functioning outcomes; Intellectual disability; Systems of supports

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MENTAL CAPACITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DISABLED PERSONS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84878147493     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2012.01575.x     Document Type: Article

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