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Disability And Data: Need For Numbers And Narratives

Disability And Data: Need For Numbers And Narratives Persons with disabilities have remained largely invisible in data collection efforts. Therefore, commitments to adopt questions developed by the…

Why Include The WG Questions On Both Surveys And The Census?

Why Include The WG Questions On Both Surveys And The Census? Censuses and surveys have different strengths and weaknesses. Including the Washington Group questions on both can can leverage the power…

From UNESCO: What We Know (And The Great Deal We Don’t) About Education And Disability

From UNESCO: What We Know (And The Great Deal We Don’t) About Education And Disability

From UNESCO: What We Know (And The Great Deal We Don’t) About Education And Disability A new paper from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), Education and Disability, presents the first…

Why Global Health And Functioning Indicators Like The GALI Are Not Suitable For Disaggregation

Why Global Health And Functioning Indicators Like The GALI Are Not Suitable For Disaggregation This blog explains why the single question on disability linked to participation that some countries…

Disability Data For Effective Policy Design: Reflections From The TEACH Project In Pakistan

Disability Data For Effective Policy Design: Reflections From The TEACH Project In Pakistan As part of the Teaching All Children Effectively (TEACH) project the University of Cambridge and IDEAS,…

The Washington Group Questions And The Disability Continuum

The Washington Group Questions And The Disability Continuum 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…

Data To Leave No One Behind And The Washington Group

Data To Leave No One Behind And The Washington Group

Data To Leave No One Behind And The Washington Group This blog from Development Initiatives discusses how the Washington Group questions advance the goal of using data to leave no one behind. It…

Should The Washington Group Questions Determine If Difficulties Are Long-term Or Short-term?

Should The Washington Group Questions Determine If Difficulties Are Long-term Or Short-term?

Should The Washington Group Questions Determine If Difficulties Are Long-term Or Short-term? This blog explains the reasoning behind the lack of any explicit mention of whether an activity limitation…

Training On How To Ask “Disability” Questions On Censuses And Surveys

Training On How To Ask “Disability” Questions On Censuses And Surveys

Training On How To Ask “Disability” Questions On Censuses And Surveys This blog entry provides information on how to train interviewers for dealing with disability in either surveys or censuses. It…

Basic Guide To Sampling For Disability Surveys

Basic Guide To Sampling For Disability Surveys This blog discusses some basic guidance on how to determine an appropriate sample size for surveys collecting information on people with disabilities.…