This research on disability and development in Myanmar was conducted using predominantly
qualitative methods, between August 2011 and February 2012. Service providers, persons with
disabilities (PWDs) and families of disabled people were interviewed in the commercial centres of
Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi, in order to discover the needs and challenges that they face in their
daily lives. This study discovers that, as there are currently only limited services provided in the
community for disabled persons, certainly disability will become a great challenge for the whole
country in the future. Hence, there is great demand for more social research on disability.