First
Meeting
Washington Group on Disability
Statistics,
February 18-20, 2002: Washington, DC Representatives of national statistical agencies and international
organizations of people with disabilities participated in 3 days of
sessions directed toward developing agreement on the nature of a global
measure of disability to be recommended for use in censuses and surveys in
the world community. The group also sought to develop an agenda for
future meetings by prioritizing the most pressing issues in disability
measurement and data collection. Agenda Papers
and Presentations Current
Objectives, as Modified at the First Meeting
Executive
Summary of the First WG Meeting for the UN Statistical Commission View/download
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Meeting Contacts: Jennifer Madans
Associate Director for Science
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 7207
Hyattsville, MD20782
Phone: 301-458-4500
Fax: 301-458-4020 E-mail: JMadans@cdc.gov
Barbara
M. Altman
Special Assistant for Disability Statistics National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 6111
Hyattsville, MD20782
Phone: 301-458-4654
Fax: 301-458-4038 E-mail: BAltman@cdc.gov
Beth
Rasch
Service Fellow
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road, Room 6110
Hyattsville, MD20782-2003
Phone: 301-458-4248
Fax: 301-458-4037 E-mail: ERasch@cdc.gov