When does disability begin? Identifying the age of onset When a disability starts affects how that disability influences someone's life. How can we add to the Washington Group questions to collect…
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…
This module of six questions is best situated either at the beginning of a survey questionnaire (together with the demographic information collected on household family members) or towards the…
The Washington Group (WG) on Disability Statistics is a United Nations Statistics Commission City Group formed of representatives of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) working on…
The WG-SS has been used in censuses or surveys in over 75 countries, has been promoted by international aid programs (DFID/UK and DFAT/Australia) as the means to collect disability data in all…
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…
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The Washington Group (WG) uses a functional approach in its data collection tools as opposed to other approaches that ask directly if someone has a disability, has conditions or impairments that can…
Information on children with disability is necessary in order to: understand the situation of children with disabilities in terms of child development, and with respect to prevalence, social…
‘Disability’ is a word whose meaning can vary not only across cultures but among people in the same culture. Moreover, in some cultures the term is associated with shame and/or stigma. In order…
