# Disabilities The data is from this website (2020.02.01): https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/sconcerns/disability/statistics/#/activities ## Added of the list down below this part 4 Communication 16 Hearing 16 Seeing 5 Self-care 2 Remembering and concentrating 1 Remembering, concentrating or making decisions 1 Remembering and concentrating and making decisions 4 Remembering 2 Concentrating 1 Cognition (remembering, concentration, communication, etc.) 1 Memory 9 Walking and climbing stairs 1 Walking or climbing stairs 3 Walking and moving 3 Mobility 2 Dressing and undressing 1 Dressing and bathing 1 Mental 1 Mental condition 2 Dexterity 1 Learning and understanding 4 Learning 1 Learning and intellectual problems 1 Learning and development of tasks 1 Flexibility 1 Pain 1 Developmental condition 1 Asthma or allergy 1 Anxiety or worries 1 Interpersonal interactions and relationships 1 Usual activities or tasks 1 Independent living 1 Home life 1 Dyslexia or dyscalculia 1 Neuropsychiatric 2 Speaking 1 Lifting and carrying objects ## Reordered List 16 Hearing 16 Seeing 4 Communication 2 Speaking 4 Remembering 2 Concentrating 2 Remembering and concentrating 1 Remembering, concentrating or making decisions 1 Remembering and concentrating and making decisions 4 Learning 1 Learning and understanding 1 Learning and intellectual problems 1 Learning and development of tasks 1 Memory 1 Cognition (remembering, concentration, communication, etc.) 1 Dyslexia or dyscalculia 9 Walking and climbing stairs 1 Walking or climbing stairs 3 Walking and moving 3 Mobility 2 Dressing and undressing 1 Dressing and bathing 1 Lifting and carrying objects 1 Mental 1 Mental condition 1 Neuropsychiatric 1 Developmental condition 1 Anxiety or worries 1 Interpersonal interactions and relationships 2 Dexterity 1 Flexibility 1 Pain 1 Asthma or allergy 5 Self-care 1 Home life 1 Independent living 1 Usual activities or tasks ## Afghanistan 1. Communication; 2. Hearing; 3. Seeing; 4. Self-care; 5. Remembering and concentrating; 6. Walking and climbing stairs. ## Albania 1. Seeing; 2. Hearing; 3. Walking or climbing stairs; 4. Remembering, concentrating or making decisions; 5. Self-care: Daily self-care (wearing, eating, washing, etc.); 6. Communicating (to understand others or vice-versa give and take information). ## Argentina 1. Seeing: seeing, even with glasses; 2. Hearing: hearing, even when wearing a hearing aid; 3. Walking and climbing stairs: walking or climbing steps; 4. Dexterity: grabbing objects and / or openning containers with ow hands; or 5. Learning and understanding: understanding and / or learning. ## Canada * Seeing: difficulties seeing with glasses or contact lenses; * Hearing: difficulties hearing with a hearing aid or cochlear implant; * Walking and climbing stairs: walking on flat surfaces and using stairs; * Flexibility: difficulties bending down and picking up an object from the floor; reaching in any direction); * Dexterity: difficulties using own fingers to grasp small objects like a pencil or scissors; * Pain: difficulties due to pain; * Learning: difficulties due to learning disabilities such as dyslexia, hyperactivity, attention problems, etc.; * Developmental condition: Developmental disability or disorder; * Mental condition: difficulties dur to emotional, psychological or mental health condition; * Memory: difficulties due to memory problems or periods of confusion. ## Finland * Seeing, * Hearing, * Walking and moving, * Dressing and undressing (55+), * Remembering, * Concentrating (14-16), * Learning (14-16). 30+: * Seeing: To read an ordinary newspaper print (with or without glasses); * Hearing: To hear what is said in a conversation between several people (with or without a hearing aid); * Walking and moving: To walk about half a kilometre without resting (+ To run a short distance (about 100 metres) + To climb one flight of stairs without resting); * Dressing and undressing (55+): Dressing and undressing; * Remembering: memory working. 14-16: * Seeing: difficulty Seeing (if you wear eyeglasses or contact lenses, evaluate your vision while wearing them); * Hearing: difficulty Hearing (if you use a hearing aid, evaluate your hearing with your hearing aid on); * Walking and moving: difficulty Walking a distance of about 500 m, e.g. once around a sports field (if you use an assistive device, evaluate your mobility while using that device); * Remembering: difficulty Remembering things; * Learning: difficulty Learning new things; * Concentrating: difficulty Concentrating on something that you enjoy doing. ## Montenegro 1. Seeing: Seeing, despite using glasses; 2. Hearing: Hearing, despite using hearing aids; 3. Walking and climbing stairs: Disability/difficulty with moving (walking, climbing steps, etc.); 4. Cognition: Cognition (remembering, concentration, communication, etc.); 5. Other: Other difficulties. ## Netherlands * Seeing, * Hearing, * Mobility. ## Norway 1. Seeing; 2. Hearing; 3. Walking and climbing stairs; 4. Self-care. {moderate and severe limitations} ## Korea 1. Visual impairment; 2. Hearing impairment; 3. Speech impediment; 4. Dementia; 5. Stroke; 6. Physical constraints including those on walking, stair-climbing, and holding and transporting; 7. Intellectual autistic disability; 8. Mental constraints including mental disease. ## Sweden * Seeing: impaired vision; * Hearing: impaired hearing; * Walking and climbing stairs: reduced mobility; * Asthma or allergy: severe problems of asthma and / or allergy; * Anxiety or worries: severe problems of anxiety or worry; * Usual activities or tasks: strongly limited due to limitation in activities because of health problems; * Dyslexia or dyscalculia: severe problems due to dyslexia and/or dyscalculia; * Neuropsychiatric: neuropsychiatric diagnosis. ## United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland * Seeing, * Hearing, * Speaking, * Mobility, * Learning, * Remembering. For those aged 16+ the APS was used for the categories * Seeing (Difficulty in seeing), * Hearing (Difficulty in hearing), * Speaking (Speech impediment), * Mobility (Arms,hands/Legs or feet/Back or neck), * Learning (Learning difficulties). FRS used for Remembering all ages. Children's prevalence of * Seeing, * Hearing, * Mobility and * Learning derived from FRS. ## United States of America * Seeing: blind or having serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; * Hearing: deaf or having serious difficulty hearing; * Walking and climbing stairs (ages 5+): serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; * Dressing and bathing (ages 5+): difficulty dressing or bathing; * Remembering and concentrating and making decisions (ages 5+): serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions; * Independent living (ages 15+): difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping. ## Turkey * Seeing (data collected for population 0+) = difficulty in seeing (even if you use glasses or contact lenses); * Hearing (0+) = difficulty in hearing (even if you use hearing aid); * Speaking (3+) = difficulty in speaking such as speech impairment, lalopathy, stammering, etc.; * Walking and climbing stairs (3+) = difficulty in walking or climbing stairs; * Lifting and carrying objects (3+) = difficulty in holding or lifting something; * Learning and intellectual problems (3+) = difficulty in learning, doing simple calculations, remembering and concentrating when compared to their peers. ## Spain Types of disabilities for population 6 years and over: 1. Seeing: Sight; 2. Hearing: Hear; 3. Communication: Communicate; 4. Learning and development of tasks: Learn, apply knowledge and develop tasks (only mental functions); 5. Mobility: Get around + Use arms and hands + Get around outside the home; 6. Self-care: Care for oneself; 7. Home life: Perform housework (population 10 years and over); 8. Interpersonal interactions and relationships: Relate to other persons. ## Portugal 1. Seeing = difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses or contact lenses; 2. Hearing = difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid; 3. Walking and climbing stairs = difficulty walking or climbing stairs; 4. Remembering and concentrating = difficulty remembering or concentrating; 5. Self-care = difficulty having a bath or getting dressed on one's own; 6. Communication = difficulty understanding others or being understood by others.