5. Disability indicators

Focus group feedback

A person with their hands out. A disability logo.

  • Some people asked how we will record information about a person’s disability across the data asset.

A rules book. A disability logo.

  • People also asked what rules will be followed when information about disability is used.

Commonwealth Partner comments

A rules book. People sitting around a table have a discussion.

We said we are working on a set of rules with lots of people and groups, like people from the disability community and researchers.

A group of people with disabilities.

We said things we have learned while making the data asset will help to change and make things better, like how we record if a person has a disability.

A person thinking. A speech bubble with a rules book.

It was agreed that things cannot always be done one way, and we will keep thinking about ways to look at how we record if someone has a disability.