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A Learning Disability (formerly known as a Mental Handicap and referred to as an Intellectual Disability) is a type of DISABILITY.

A Learning Disability usually has a significant impact on a PERSON's life. A PERSON with a Learning Disability finds it harder than others to learn, understand and communicate.

People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) need full-time help with every aspect of their lives, including eating, drinking, washing, dressing and toileting etc.

Someone is considered to have a Learning Disability when they function at a level of intellectual ability which is significantly lower than their chronological age. This is usually considered to be equivalent to having an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of seventy or less:

• Mild Learning Disability (roughly equivalent to an IQ of fifty to seventy) is comparable to the educational term 'Moderate Learning Difficulty'. It is usually caused by a combination of restricted learning and social opportunities plus a high rate of low to average intellectual ability and Learning Disability in close relatives.
  
  
• Moderate-to-profound Learning Disability (roughly equivalent to an IQ below fifty) is comparable to the educational term 'Severe Learning Difficulty'. It usually has a specific biological cause.

Note: A Learning Difficulty is a type of Special Education Need which affects areas of learning, such as reading, writing, spelling, mathematics etc.

Further information on Learning Disabilities, can be found on the internet, for example:

• Mencap website
• Contact a Family website etc.

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A type of PERSON PROPERTY.

Observations made regarding a PATIENT. These observations do not include information about a treatment or intervention.

CATEGORY VALUED PERSON OBSERVATION allows coded classifications of observations about a PATIENT, whereas MEASURED PERSON OBSERVATION allows for recording of measurements about a PATIENT.

CATEGORY VALUED PERSON OBSERVATIONS include:

• ACCOMMODATION STATUS
• ALCOHOL STATUS
• ASPIRIN THERAPY LOCATION
• BLEED COMPLICATION
• DISABILITY
• DISABILITY SEVERITY
• ETHNIC CATEGORY
• JOINT REPLACEMENT REVISION CLASSIFICATION
• LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION
• LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION
• PATIENT CLINICAL GROUP
• PERFORMANCE STATUS
• PERSON GENDER
• PERSON MARITAL STATUS
• RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM AFFILIATION
• RELIGIOUS OR OTHER BELIEF SYSTEM AFFILIATION GROUP
• SARCOMA PREDISPOSING CONDITION
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION
• SKIN LYMPHOMA MORPHOLOGY

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An indication of whether a PERSON is disabled.

This can be either a:

• Registered Disability:
  • where a PERSON is registered as disabled with their Local Authority; or
  
  
• Perceived Disability:
  • an indication of whether the PERSON considers themself to be disabled.

Under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), a disabled PERSON is defined as "someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities". See the Directgov website.

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The severity of a DISABILITY for a PERSON.

This could be as stated by a PERSON or as agreed between a PERSON and the CARE PROFESSIONAL.

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One of the related classification Classes listed in the CATEGORY VALUED PERSON OBSERVATION description as a type of this Class.

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The severity of a DISABILITY for a PERSON.

This could be as stated by a PERSON or as agreed between a PERSON and the CARE PROFESSIONAL.

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The Registered DISABILITY of a PERSON, as stated by a PERSON.

A PERSON can have more than one Registered DISABILITY.

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The date on which a PERSON ceased to be registered on the DISABILITY Register with their Local Authority.

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The date on which a PERSON was registered on the DISABILITY Register with their Local Authority.

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DISABILITY SEVERITY CODE is the same as attribute DISABILITY SEVERITY CODE.

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Notes: 
REGISTERED DISABILITY CODE is the same as attribute REGISTERED DISABILITY CODE.

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REGISTERED DISABILITY END DATE is the same as attribute REGISTERED DISABILITY END DATE.

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REGISTERED DISABILITY START DATE is the same as attribute REGISTERED DISABILITY START DATE.

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