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Why 'disability' word not used in Census 2020, even as these numbers reported for the first time
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The 2020 census found that 97,600 Singaporeans and PRs were unable to or had a lot of difficulty in performing at least one basic activity in six domains, including seeing, hearing and mobility.
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SINGAPORE - For the first time, the Population Census gives a sense of the number of people with disabilities in Singapore - although the word "disability" was not used in the report.
This is because a person who faces difficulties in a basic activity as defined in the Census of Population 2020 is not necessarily a person with a disability, the Department of Statistics (DOS) has clarified.
