Threats and Worrall are to be applauded for their proactive article on the World Health
Organization ICF (WHO, 2001). They clearly describe the ICF and outline the positives …

Although most of the commentaries by Boles, Simmons-Mackie, Duchan and McLeod
acknowledge the benefits and importance of the ICF as a classification scheme and its …

This paper provides a context for the remainder of this special issue on the International
Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and speech-language pathology. It …

Health classification schemes not only affect funding of speech-language pathology services
but the terminology used in the classification affects the way the profession communicates …

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) facilitates a wide
range of research in speech-language pathology. In addition to framing the development of …

The World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability
and Health (ICF)(WHO,) states that one of its five possible applications is for clinical use. The …

The ICF framework reflects a conceptual change in the approach to diagnosis and
intervention across the spectrum of speech-language pathology services. The American …

In this poem, Chris describes her place in an out-ofreach, weary, scary, confusing world.
Threats and Worrall would probably fit this information, drawn from an expression of …

Although in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) original constitution, health was
defined as ''the complete, physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the …

This paper provides an holistic and systematic view of a 7 year old boy, Jarrod, as a unique
individual with unintelligible speech. Jarrod was considered using the International …