新制身心障礙鑑定與需求評估（ICF）執行之探討: 身心障礙服務使用者觀點

Since July 2012, according to the new act of disability issued in 2007, a person’s eligibility for disability benefits has been assessed based on the ICF. This study interviewed disabled people who were assessed by this new assessment system to explore their experiences of the new assessment. An in-depth, semi-structured interview was employed and 24 persons with disabilities (including three groups: those assessed by the old and new assessment system, only assessed by the new system and waiting for assessment by the new one) had completed the interviews between December of 2013 and January of 2015. From the participants’ view, the new assessment is: information not accessible, welfare benefit and service delivery based on the level of impairment, a gap of welfare benefit existed between different local authorities, environmental factors excluded of the consideration in the assessment, the absence of the third assessors, lack of concern of the individual uniqueness and needs, no opportunity for the users involved in the assessment process, worried about the welfare benefit cut due to the level of disability level reduced. The findings suggest that the users’ choice, social roles and activities could be considered in the assessment to meet their individual needs.