| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ADLs |
Activities of Daily Living |
| IADLs |
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
| BMF |
Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific |
| BMI |
Body Mass Index |
| CAGD |
Census Advisory Group on Disability |
| CRPD |
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol |
| CSTDA |
Commonwealth /State/ Territory Disability Agreement |
| DISTAT |
Disability Statistics |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific |
| FIC |
Family of International Classifications |
| IADLs |
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
| ICD-10 |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Conditions |
| ICF |
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
| ICIDH |
International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps |
| NMDS |
National Minimum Data Set |
| NGOs |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
| Standard Rules |
1993 Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities |
| SDAC |
Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
| UN |
United Nations |
| WG |
Washington Group |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WHO |
DAS II WHO Disability Assessment Schedule II |
| WHO-FIC |
WHO Family of International Classifications |
| YLD |
Years of Life lived with Disability |
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