Proposed changes to the federal government’s health survey would undercount Americans with disabilities, advocates say.

A proposed revamp of a key federal survey could lead to a drastic undercount of Americans with developmental disabilities, ...

The CDC plan cut disability questions from its National Health Interview Survey faces pushback over impacts on data and funding decisions.

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 ...

Disability is complex and multifaceted, complicating governments’ efforts to collect the high-quality, comprehensive data necessary for developing, implementing, and monitoring policies. Yet data are ...

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 ...