Resources
The Washington Group has assembled an array of resources on disability. These provide background and guidance about the WG, the definition and measurement of disability, and how disability is manifested in the international agenda, particularly within the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
An Introduction to the WG Questions Sets
In 2001, the International Seminar on the Measurement of Disability1 was held in New York. During this meeting participants agreed that existing data on disability, especially in low- and middle-income countries, were scarce and often of poor quality. The participants further recognized there was need for common definitions, concepts, standards and methodologies in statistics about persons with disability, as well as a need for internationally comparable, high- quality disability data collection. The Seminar recommended the development of standard indicators using population-based measures of disability for country use and for international comparisons.