This Training Manual provides an overview of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework for disability measurement as well as implementation guidelines on disability data collection, dissemination and analysis.

The purpose of this manual is to provide countries and areas in the ESCAP region with a new appreciation of disability statistics in light of the framework and classification of the ICF, as well as the factors affecting the development and collection of disability data, so that national disability statistical offices can produce disability data that genuinely meets their policy needs.

The manual discusses in particular data collection methods and instruments, including censuses, surveys and administrative collections of disability data.

(Publication No.: ST/ESCAP/2499)