Hidden in plain sight: personal factors in autism and ADHD – a protocol for extending the ICF Core Sets for autism and ADHD
Jacintha Tieskens, Melissa H. Black, Emma Asp, Karl Lundin Remnélius, Lovisa Alehagen, John Hasslinger, Johanna Ristolainen Spak, Sven Bölte · 2026
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Jacintha Tieskens and co-workers set out a plan to add personal factors to global function guides for autism and ADHD, in a protocol published in 2026. Both states are common and shape daily life, yet diagnosis alone misses their variety and the strengths many people show.
The World Health Organization ICF frame reads function as a dance between a person and their setting. Tailored core sets exist for autism and ADHD, but one piece, personal factors such as coping style and life history, was left out. The protocol lays out how the team will extend those sets to cover that missing piece. A fuller frame could help services plan support around the whole person, not just a label, in clinics and schools alike.
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| CREATOR | Jacintha Tieskens, Melissa H. Black, Emma Asp, Karl Lundin Remnélius, Lovisa Alehagen, John Hasslinger, Johanna Ristolainen Spak, Sven Bölte |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55169 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |