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Contents
Acknowledgements 7
The Authors 8
1. Background 9
1.1 Aims of the cognitive testing 11
1.2 Report structure 12
2. Methodology 14
2.1 Methodological overview 14
2.2 Sample composition 14
3. Scenarios: cognitive findings 16
3.1 Scenario 1 - Right to choose a place of residence 16
3.1.1 Findings 16
3.1.2 Recommendations 17
3.2 Scenario 2 - Right to marry and found a family 18
3.2.1 Findings 18
3.2.2 Recommendations 20
3.3 Scenario 3 - Right to employment 20
3.3.1 Findings 21
3.4 Scenario 4 - Right to access the general education system 22
3.4.1 Findings 23
3.4.2 Recommendations 24
3.5 Scenario 5 - Right to participate in political and public life 25
3.5.1 Findings 25
3.5.2 Recommendations 27
3.6 Scenario 6 - Right to participate in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport 27
3.6.1 Findings 27
3.6.2 Recommendations 29
4. Impairment types: cognitive findings 30
4.1 Physical disability (1): A person who has difficulty using their arms or someone who uses a wheelchair 31
4.1.1 Understanding of physical disability 31
4.2 Sensory impairment (2): Someone who is partially or fully blind or deaf 32
4.2.1 Understanding of sensory impairment 32
4.2.2 Recommendations 34
4.3 Mental health condition (3): A person with a mental health condition such as schizophrenia or depression 35
4.3.1 Understanding of mental health condition 35
4.3.2 Recommendations 38
4.4 Learning disability (4): A person with a learning disability such as Down's syndrome or autism 38
4.4.1 Understanding of learning disability 38
4.4.2 Recommendations 40
4.5 Long-standing illness or health condition (5): A person with along-standing illness or health condition such as cancer, diabetes or multiple sclerosis 41
4.5.1 Understanding of long-standing illness or health condition 41
4.5.2 Recommendations 43
5. Awareness of the United Nations Convention/general questions on disabled people's human rights 44
5.1 Awareness of international agreements regarding disabled peoples human rights (Q16) 45
5.1.1 Findings 45
5.1.2 Recommendations 46
5.2 Awareness of the names of international agreements (Q17) 47
5.2.1 Findings 47
5.2.2 Recommendation 47
5.3 Awareness of the 'UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' (Q18) 48
5.3.1 Findings 48
5.3.2 Recommendation 49
5.4 Perceived importance of the protection of the human rights of disabled people (Q19) 49
5.4.1 Findings 49
5.4.2 Recommendations 51
5.5 Attitudes towards attempts to give disabled people equal rights (Q20) 51
5.5.1 Findings 51
5.5.2 Recommendations 53
6. General feelings about the questions and recommendations for question ordering 54
6.1 Thoughts on acceptability of the survey questions 54
6.2 Difficult questions 55
6.3 Perception of the questions 55
6.4 Improvement of questions and why they are being asked 56
6.5 Number of combinations and respondent burden 56
6.6 Question order 56
6.7 Social desirability 57
6.8 Misconception and poor understanding of disability 58
Appendix. Details of cognitive question testing 59
Table 1.1 Structure of test questionnaire Version A and test questionnaire Version B 11
Table 2.1 Characteristics of the sample 15
Table 4.1 Impairment types and examples used 30
Table 4.2 Scenario which caused difficulty when combined with physical disability, Scenario 4 32
Table 4.3 Scenarios which caused difficulty when combined with sensory impairment, Scenarios 3-6 34
Table 4.4 Scenarios which caused difficulty when combined with mental health condition, Scenarios 3-6 38
Table 4.5 Scenarios which caused difficulty when combined with learning disability, Scenarios 2-5 40
Table 4.6 Scenario which caused difficulty when combined with mental health condition, Scenario 2 42
Table 5.1 Attitudes towards attempts to give disabled people equal rights - reasons for choosing each of the answer options 52
Figure 4.1 Showing the answer scale and reasons for change in direction of response had an 'eating disorder' been given as the example instead of 'depression' or 'schizophrenia' 37