The answer to improving disability data collection is not to retain the current ACS-6 but to adopt tested questions that use a scaled response and to expand disability data collection on other data ...
About 20 million disabled people will be erased if the U.S. Census Bureau moves forward with changes to disability data collection methods. That is because many disabled people will no longer be ...
Every year, the United States Census Bureau conducts the American Community Survey to capture up-to-date information on people’s experiences on everything from employment rates to housing costs. And ...
On September 30, 2024, disability advocates, researchers, and experts gathered with government officials in Washington, D.C. and online for a much-anticipated meeting titled “Stakeholder Meeting on ...
On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human ...
We all deal with a mix of happy and stressful experiences during holiday celebrations with family and friends. But many people with disabilities are right now going through a unique test of patience ...
More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, ...
Amid fears that the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), due to commence from July 2023, could be dropping questions on disability from its survey questionnaire, disability rights activists are ...
A disability includes any long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impact(s) which, in interaction with various attitudinal and environmental barriers, hinders a person’s equal and ...