title: Classification of handicaps in 6-7-year-old mentally retarded children. Usefulness and inter-observer agreement of a child adapted handicap code of WHO's ICIDH.
abstract: This paper reports on the clinical use of a classification of handicaps in 6-7-year-old mentally retarded children. A child-adapted handicap code of WHO's ICIDH was used. It was easy to manage and added valuable information to the child's medical status and psychosocial evaluation. The inter-observer agreement was most satisfactory. The handicap dimension of 'social integration' ought to be regarded as 'social interaction' and needs to be specified further.
authors.affiliation: St Göran's Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ferngren
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lagergren
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D013548:Sweden