… the victims of multiple forms of discrimination some very extreme. This blog addresses the three key questions: Can the WG-SS identify people with albinism? Are people with albinism included among those…
… the world. There are a number of things that we do - first of all, we realised that we developed questions in English, it’s our working language, but our focus is always international so we have to keep…
…Ideally, the questions should be answered by the individual in question (self-report) with the exception of those who are not capable of responding themselves. However, in a census setting and for some types of surveys,…
… environment. For example, the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning (WG-SS) includes a question on difficulties walking, but does not include questions on impairments, like missing limbs or…
…The WG-SS questions were originally developed for censuses and large population-based surveys. The WG-SS was designed as a core set of questions for self- or proxy-reporting of functional limitations at the…
… Uganda, hosted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. The Washington Group has developed a short set of questions on disability that address the issue of assessing equalization of opportunity. The question set is…
…Video 4: I want to tell you a little bit more about the short set of questions. They were developed for a number of reasons – we needed questions that were brief, that were simple, that were universal and allowed a…
…The second meeting will focus on pursuing work begun on two topic areas at the first meeting: 1) the question matrix on the purposes of general disability measures, and 2) results of methodological testing of general…
…Cognitive Testing of the Washington Group Translated Questions The question modules developed by the Washington Group (WG) – Short Set, Extended Set and Child Functioning Module – have all undergone thorough and…
