There are a number of different definitions of disability used in surveys to identify disabled people. The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) is encouraging the use of a single harmonised definition of disability. This definition reflects the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) definition of disability and is therefore a minimum standard for public bodies to use as part of their duties under the Disability Equality Duty (DED).
Disability is a complex phenomenon to measure for a number of reasons. People’s understanding of definitions of disability and the concept of disability itself vary: It is possible for one person to define themself as disabled when another person with an identical condition would not. One reason for this can be a perception that ‘disabled’ is a stigmatising label.
In some circumstances there may be a need to identify a different group of disabled people than the group covered by the DDA. However, there are a number of reasons to also collect data on the full DDA population.
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