Introduction: Measuring Disability in the International Community

Abstract

This volume is divided into three sections providing: information about the background of the development of this international effort to develop culturally compatible measures of disability for use worldwide; examples of what kind of measures are currently in place in a variety of countries; and finally, some examples of the exciting methodological work that is underway to improve measurement and provide the ability to make comparisons cross-nationally.

Citation

Altman, B.M. (2006), "Introduction: Measuring Disability in the International Community", Altman, B.M. and Barnartt, S.N. (Ed.) International Views on Disability Measures: Moving Toward Comparative Measurement (Research in Social Science and Disability, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3547(05)04001-7