CIP’s Daniel Mont presented the Washington Group disability data tools at a COSP-19 side event organized by the Disability Data Initiative. The event explored progress and remaining gaps in disability statistics and data collection under Article 31 of the CRPD.
Tag: Washington Group Questions
Categories:
Applications are now open for the 2026 CIP Fellowship Program, a 12-month initiative supporting junior researchers with disabilities from low- and middle-income countries to develop their research skills, conduct locally grounded projects, and connect with a global disability policy network.
Two surveys, same country, same questions — yet completely different disability prevalence estimates. A recent webinar unpacked why this happens, and why understanding the variation matters more than looking for a single "correct" number.
We are pleased to invite you to this webinar sponsored by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) and the Center for Inclusive Policy (CIP) and hosted by CIP, which will explore why disability prevalence estimates vary across data sources and what these differences mean for interpreting and using disability data.
This webinar explores how South Sudan transformed the collection of data on students with disabilities through its Education Management Information System (EMIS), moving from manual records to digital tools and incorporating the Washington Group Questions. This shift significantly improved data accuracy, increasing the number of identified students with disabilities from 6,000 to over 41,000, and helping reshape national education policy to be more inclusive.
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.