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Building a “Module on Child Functioning and Disability”

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International Measurement of Disability

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In spite of the global interest and commitment to promoting full social inclusion of children with disabilities, there are not enough national data on this target population and the available data are not comparable cross-nationally. This lack of data seriously limits the development of disability policies for children and their evaluation.

The chapter presents the work carried out by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics and UNICEF in developing a “Child Functioning and Disability Module”, to be used in population surveys. The widespread use of the module will aid in the production of cross-nationally comparable data that, in combination with other data collected on specific topics, can be used to determine the degree of participation in society of children and youth with disabilities compared with those without disabilities.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    A/RES/66/141. The resolution also calls upon States to implement fully the commitments undertaken in the Resolution “Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond” (A/RES/65/186 del 2010), and to ensure that children with disabilities are rendered visible in the collection and analysis of data.

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    For more information: http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_24302.html

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    Representatives from National Institute of Statistics of these countries are or have been involved the group: Italy, Usa, Canada, Australia, Uganda, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Togo, China, Sudan, Mozambique, Ivory Coast, Croatia.

  4. 4.

    The ICF components considered were Body Functions and Activity and Participation.

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The authors would like to thank Mitchell Loeb (NCHS/CDC) for his valuable comments and suggestions on this paper.

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    Roberta Crialesi, Elena De Palma & Alessandra Battisti

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Crialesi, R., De Palma, E., Battisti, A., Children’s Workgroup. (2016). Building a “Module on Child Functioning and Disability”. In: Altman, B. (eds) International Measurement of Disability. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 61. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28498-9_10

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