Disability in America Toward a National Agenda for Prevention : Summary and Recommendations (1991) / Chapter Skim
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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People with such functional limitations are not inherently disabled, that is, incapable of carrying out their personal, familial, and social responsibilities. It is the interaction of their physical or mental limitations with social and environmental factors that determines whether they have a disability.
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To help these individuals restore functional capacity, avert 600 500 400 300 200 100 Rate per 1,000 Conditions: I I Intellectual limitation I I Sensory limitation ^i::::i| Chronic diseases Hi Mobility limitation • Other < 18 18-44 45-69 70-84 Age group 85+ Figure 1. Prevalence of main causes of activity limitation, by age, 1983-1985.
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Partly for this reason the committee focused its report on prevention strategies for people who already have potentially disabling conditions, that is, on secondary and tertiary levels of prevention. In other words: • What can be done to prevent an impairment or functional limitation that results from injury, a birth defect, or chronic disease from becoming a disability?
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