Commit resources to support strengthened disability data
Generate disability and gender disaggregated data set to inform wider reforms and scale of the problem through household surveys (www.aserpakistan.org). ITA is already working in this sphere with both donors and downstream partners for better sensitive data for planning and also assessment tools for hearing and visual impaired with some adaptations these may be used across many countries and contexts. PAL Network with which ITA is associated as a member is also working on the theme of inclusion and has 15 countries who can learn from this experience and technical expertise (www.palnetwork.org).
Timeframe and/or implementation plan
ITA is already involve in collection of data on disability by using Washington Group Survey. ITA will further adapt ASER Tools to Pakistan Sign Language (PSL) and Braille with videos and audios for testing children and collection of representative data set. This exercise has started and will finish with definite results till next April 2019.