Evidence shows that single screener questions do not adequately identify the population of interest. Most screeners are of the form “Do you have a disability?” with yes/no answer…
The WG-SS was not designed to be used in isolation. They should be used in conjunction with other measurement tools, i.e. include the WG-SS within a larger survey or registration…
Every year in preparation for the annual meeting, the WG asks member countries to report their own use of WG questions sets: the WG-SS, WG-ES or CFM. Results of this accounting are…
Differences in Reported Disability Prevalence Rates: Is something wrong if I don’t get 15%? The World Disability Report is often cited as estimating that 15% of the population has a disability, but…
Are People With Albinism Included In The Washington Group Questions? In some countries, people with albinism are automatically considered to have a disability and are also the victims of multiple…
Learning From The Use Of The Washington Group Questions In Development And Humanitarian Programmes This post discusses issues in collecting disability data in humanitarian situations, and the…
Learning Lessons From Using The Washington Group Questions In Education Programming Girls Education Challenge (GEC) is a flagship DFID programme aiming to help up to a million of the world’s poorest…
How Can Administrative Data Be Used For Collecting Data On Disability? Administrative data have been suggested as a means to analyze the prevalence of disability as well as for disaggregating…
Why The Washington Group Questions Ask About ‘Difficulties’ And Not ‘Disabilities’- How A Single Word Can Make A Difference Asking people on surveys if they have a disability leads to underestimates…
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…
