Events

From Invisibility to Impact: South Sudan’s Disability Data Transformation

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.

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Disability Data

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

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.

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