Interpretation of WHODAS
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I would like to request any NDIS internal documents which provide guidance for the interpretation of the World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS).
Yours faithfully,
Gabriel
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Gabriel left an annotation ()
I saw that and wanted to try myself so I can appeal the decision if they redact it.
Emily Lacey left an annotation ()
Perfect! I'll let you know if I come across any other documents again that mention assessment tools and/or scores, because I feel sure I've seen more than just the severity tools document, but that was certainly the main one.
If you can be bothered, it might be worth making a separate request specifically for "an un-redacted copy of 'Standard Operating Procedure - Update Severity Tools' version 5.0". Just in case they respond to that direct request faster than this more general request, because they wouldn't have to hunt around to identify it (although they don't seem to always work in logical ways haha).
Dear Gabriel
Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement
Thank you for your request of 22 August 2024, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents held by the
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Scope of your request
You have requested access to:
“I would like to request any NDIS internal documents which provide
guidance for the interpretation of the World Health Organisation
Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)”
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August 2024, in accordance with section 15(5)(b) of the FOI Act. You
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Dear foi,
I approve for the extension of time until the 23 October 2024.
Yours sincerely,
Gabriel
Emily Lacey left an annotation ()
There was a Standard Operating Procedure document called “Update Severity Tools” released under FOI 19/20-0393, and it contains info about all the different tools/scales they use for different disabilities, but all of the actual scoring information about how it’s measured/applied is redacted. I hope you manage to get something back on this without them removing half the document!