The model asked schools to classify each student within one of the following four broad categories of disability: physical cognitive social/emotional sensory These are linked to the and the Australian Human Rights Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Commission interpretation: Australian Human Primary disability Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Disability Standards for Education Rights Commission categories used in the 2005 interpretation of the national data collection DDA definition process total or partial loss of a part of the Neurological Physical body the malfunction, malformation or Physical disfigurement of a part the body person’s the presence in the body of Physical organisms causing disease or disfigurement illness the presence in the body or The presence in the organisms capable of causing body of disease disease or illness causing organisms total or partial loss of the person’s Intellectual Cognitive bodily or mental functions disorder or malfunction that results Learning disabilities in the person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction total or partial loss of the person’s Sensory Sensory bodily or mental functions the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the body person’s a disorder, illness or disease that Psychiatric Social/ affects a thought person’s Emotional processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgements or that results in disturbed behaviour
The model asked schools to classify each student within one of the following four broad categories of disability: physical cognitive social/emotional sensory These are linked to the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Australian Human Rights Commission interpretation: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Disability Standards for Education 2005 Australian Human Rights Commission interpretation of the DDA definition Primary disability categories used in the national data collection process total or partial loss of a part of the body Neurological Physical the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part the person’s body Physical the presence in the body of organisms causing disease or illness Physical disfigurement the presence in the body or organisms capable of causing disease or illness The presence in the body of disease causing organisms total or partial loss of the person’s bodily or mental functions Intellectual Cognitive disorder or malfunction that results in the person learning differently from a person without the disorder or malfunction Learning disabilities total or partial loss of the person’s bodily or mental functions Sensory Sensory the malfunction, malformation or disfigurement of a part of the person’s body a disorder, illness or disease that affects a person’s thought processes, perception of reality, emotions or judgements or that results in disturbed behaviour Psychiatric Social/ Emotional
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