What's in a word? Distinguishing between Habilitation and Re-habilitation

J. Hayton; D. Dimitriou

doi:10.21307/ijom-2019-007

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What's in a word? Distinguishing between Habilitation and Re-habilitation

Vision Rehabilitation International

Volume 10 (2019): Issue 1 (January 2019)

By: J. Hayton and D. Dimitriou

Open Access

|Oct 2018

Abstract

The purpose of this commentary is to identify the key differences between the term Habilitation and Rehabilitation. Using historical and contemporary understandings, this commentary aims to disentangle these two terms from a developmental perspective. It is argued that these two concepts are distinct and should be appropriately reflected in international literature and practice.

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