Workshop on Strengthening Disability Measurement across South Asian Countries

This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning; experience pperationalizing surveys with a disability module - Vietnam; training needs; cognitive testing; and policy and politics.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2008-04
Subjects:ACCESSIBILITY, ACCIDENT, ASSISTIVE DEVICES, BODY FUNCTIONS, COGNITION, DISABILITY, DISABLED, ELIGIBILITY, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, EPILEPSY, HANDICAP, HANDICAPPED, HEARING, HEARING AIDS, INCLUSION, LAWYER, LEARNING, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL ILLNESS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, PREVALENCE, REHABILITATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIETY, SPECIAL EDUCATION, STAFF, THINKING, TRANSPORTATION, VISION, WHEELCHAIR,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/16259436/workshop-strengthening-disability-measurement-across-south-asian-countries
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7964
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