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 ...

The ACS disability questions were created to measure disability status among the U.S. population and added to the Census in 2008 in response to concerns from the disability community.

The commitment comes after Census officials met with more than 100 disability community stakeholders earlier this fall in an attempt to address fallout after the agency proposed sweeping changes to ...

Social Security Disability Insurance is there to help those who can’t work, but getting the benefits you need can be confusing and difficult. Read on for answers to some of the most common SSDI ...

The agency put forth a proposal in October to update its American Community Survey, which included substantial modifications to its disability questions. Under the plan, the series of six disability ...

‘Concern is real’ about long Covid’s impact on Americans and disability claims, report says. We have been frequently asked which set of disability questions, the ACS-6 or WG-SS, is best.

At an Omaha, Nebraska, festival this summer, new work explores the intersection of art, disability and technology, asking ...

Census Bureau backpedals on changes to disabilities questions amid backlash The Census Bureau received more than 12,000 comments from Americans after notifying the public of the planned change ...

In most organisations 15-20 per cent of employees will classify as disabled, they just aren’t telling you who they are, says ...

After public outcries, the U.S. Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated rate of disability in the U.S. by about 40%.

When HHS designated the ACS-6 as the federal standard disability questions, it stressed that these are the minimum data standards, with agencies permitted to include as many additional questions ...