Even though many studies have been carried out on recovery from impairments and disabilities after stroke and the consequences of such disabilities, very few are interested in exploring partially met and unmet rehabilitation needs that could restrict the social participation of these people in their daily activities and social roles.
The drug saves money because it reduces the incidence of disabilities such as paralysis and loss of speech, which means that patients who receive it spend fewer days in the hospital and are less likely to require nursing-home care.
Aging increases the risk of disabilities such as dementia, i.e., the gradual deterioration of mental function affecting the performance of normal daily activities [ 1].
Over the last decade, the number of students with diagnoses of such disabilities, and requesting special accommodations, has mushroomed.
Moreover, the burden of such disabilities on quality of life is a challenging, previously unrecognized problem with potentially alarming economic consequences [14].
In this context, the association of such disabilities to an individual's employment situation has also received attention [ 4– 6].
The prevalence of such disabilities was not dissimilar in complete monozygotic and dizygotic pairs [ P = 0.20 (chi-square test)].
19 Therefore, the results of this study strengthen the argument emphasizing the importance of capturing both positive and negative aspects of such disabilities as hearing loss.
Also, lack of information of possible important causes of disability such as dementia and injuries, the use of self-reported diseases, and underdiagnoses of disease may have resulted in an overestimation of the background contribution.
A number of disabilities, such as blindness and deafness for example, are not directly perceived as a health loss.
