ICF and Employment

• Memos about ICF
• Documents on ICF

This site is to introduce Japanese researches on application of ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) to employment and labor field.

What's New!

Recent materials prepared in English:

1 Empirical study of environmental adjustments for persons with intractable diseases to work

Employment of persons with intractable diseases is one of the most clear-cut demonstrations of for importance of both perspctives of health condition (ICD-10) and functioning (ICF). Also the survey clearly indicated that Environmental Factors crutially interact with the functioning components.

• Presentation PowerPoint
• Browse strucrures of disability of persons with intractable diseases in hyper-text style

2 Universal Work Database (UWDB)

Comprehensive search for vast of information concerning disability employment becomes possible by fully using the framework and classification of ICF. >Try to use the demonstration version in English. (Note that the priority language of your browser should be English.)

The UWDB helps all concerned:
• To understand employment problems due to unfamiliar health condition.
• To explore possible jobs simulating posible problems and accommodations.
• To find out the most updated support technilogies and methods.
• To find out social resources to realize necessary supports.

• Universal Work Database
• Stracture of the employment problems of person with intractable diseases
• ICF adaptation to Employment (test)
• Job requirements expressed by ICF

• Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
• National Institute of vocational Rehabilitation (PDF!)
• UMIN

• ICF illustration library
• Medline Plus