… previous blog entry in this series, this entry explains the key findings from using the Washington Group questions in a programmatic setting: words matter, education on the WG Short Set is essential, practice…
…Researchers at the International Centre for Evidence in Disability used the Washington Group tools to estimate the prevalence of disability and its relation to outcomes like education and employment in Cameroon,…
… trained. One question that often arises is, “What special training is needed for asking the Washington Group questions?” The answer is, less than you think beyond the usual (or typical) training that interviewers…
… explicit mention of whether an activity limitation is long-term or short-term in the Washington Group Questions and the trade-offs for including such a clause.
…This blog from Development Initiatives discusses how the Washington Group questions advance the goal of using data to leave no one behind. It describes challenges and opportunities to measuring disability through major…
…Disability Measurement and the Washington Group on Disability Statistics for Non-Government Organisations, March 2017 Note: The video links will take you to the University College London website, where the videos are…
…Data based on the Washington Group questions can be used in different ways to get at the diversity among persons who report a range of difficulties in functioning. The difficulties can be conceptualized and measured on…
… Effectively (TEACH) project the University of Cambridge and IDEAS, Pakistan used the Washington Group’s Child Functioning Module for children aged 5 to 17 years. They collected data across 1050 households…
… disability to describe the functional status of the population (http://www.washingtongroup-disability.com/washington-group-blog/wg-ss-differ-disability-eligibility-determination/). The…
