Solutions Inventory

Including the Washington Group on Disability Statistics questionnaires in surveys

Beyond sex-disaggregated data, it is crucial to collect data by disability status so researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can understand and address how marginalized groups are most impacted. The Washington Group on Disability Statistics has developed a short set of internationally comparable census questions for adults and children, 37 identifying functional difficulties in six domains: seeing, hearing, walking, concentrating/remembering, self-care and communicating. The Washington Group on Disability Statistics is an internationally recognized group that advises on the most robust way to collect internationally comparable data on disability.