A receptive visual aphasia characterized by the loss of a previously possessed ability to comprehend the meaning or significance of handwritten words, despite intact vision. This condition may be associated with posterior cerebral artery infarction (INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY) and other BRAIN DISEASES
Disability awareness -- Oceania : Capacity development for effective and efficient disabled persons organisations in Pacific island countries / by Larry Thomas
Disorders of verbal and nonverbal communication caused by receptive or expressive LANGUAGE DISORDERS, cognitive dysfunction (e.g., MENTAL RETARDATION), psychiatric conditions, and HEARING DISORDERS
Disorders in which there is a delay in development based on that expected for a given age level or stage of development. These impairments or disabilities originate before age 18, may be expected to continue indefinitely, and constitute a substantial impairment. Biological and nonbiological factors are involved in these disorders. (From American Psychiatric Glossary, 6th ed)
A cognitive disorder characterized by an impaired ability to comprehend written and printed words or phrases despite intact vision. This condition may be developmental or acquired. Developmental dyslexia is marked by reading achievement that falls substantially below that expected given the individual's chronological age, measured intelligence, and age-appropriate education. The disturbance in reading significantly interferes with academic achievement or with activities of daily living that require reading skills. (From DSM-IV)
Australia. Disability Discrimination Act : Disability Discrimination Act employment manual : developing best practice / Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Disability evaluation -- Australia -- Congresses. : Measurement of disability : workshop proceedings : Canberra, Australia, 21-22 February 1994 : papers from a workshop organised jointly by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit
Disability evaluation -- New York (State) -- Statistics : Head injuries in workmen's compensation : medical and administrative data / by Leo M. Davidoff, M.D. (chairman, Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine), and Benno Schlesinger, M.D. (Associate Attending Neurosurgeon, Mount Sinai Hospital)
Determination of the degree of a physical, mental, or emotional handicap. The diagnosis is applied to legal qualification for benefits and income under disability insurance and to eligibility for Social Security and workmen's compensation benefits
Insurance designed to compensate persons who lose wages because of illness or injury; insurance providing periodic payments that partially replace lost wages, salary, or other income when the insured is unable to work because of illness, injury, or disease. Individual and group disability insurance are two types of such coverage. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p207)
