Assessing Disability in Europe
Assessing Disability in Europe

Author: Council of Europe. Working Group on the Assessment of Person-Related Criteria for Allowances and Personal Assistance for People with Disabilities

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9789287147448

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This comparative study of disability assessment methods analyses the criteria governing the granting of benefits for people with disabilities in 22 Council of Europe member states, and highlights the need for greater cross-border communication and harmonisation. Four basic assessment approaches are identified and examined: Barema methods, care needs assessment, functional capacity determination and economic loss estimation. It also describes the role of multidisciplinary teams in determining the allocation of allowances and personal assistance, particularly in evaluating an individual's potential for professional and social rehabilitation and reintegration.

Human Rights--disability--children
Human Rights--disability--children

Author: Council of Europe

Publisher: Council of Europe

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9287158738

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This publication contains the proceedings of a Council of Europe conference, held in Strasbourg in November 2004, which reviewed current Council of Europe instruments designed to promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities. It focuses on the right of children with disabilities to grow up within a family and in a community context, and the need to end the institutionalisation of children with disabilities.