Author name: Daniel Mont

Daniel Mont is co-founder of the Center for Inclusive Policy. He has extensive experience in the area of disability and inclusive development in research, operations, and capacity building, having worked for many years with the World Bank but also with a wide range of other international development agencies, governments, academics, and civil society organizations.

Disability Data

The United States Census Bureau’s Decision to Switch to the Washington Group Questions

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The US Census Bureau announced a proposed change to how it identifies people with disabilities in its data collection, switching from the existing six disability questions in the American Community Survey (ACS) to the Washington Group Short Set (WG-SS) of six questions. This has caused concern in the US disability community, but I believe it would be a significant improvement in US data.

General, Question of the Month

What are the challenges to providing quality higher education for persons with disabilities in low and middle income countries and what would be the effective approaches to eliminate barriers to reduce dropout and improve quality higher education?

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In the past two decades, the world, particularly low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have made great advances in education, most notably in enrolling and keeping children in school and reducing gender inequality. Despite these successes to expand access to education, critical challenges remain towards increasing access in quality higher education for persons with disabilities.

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